Entanglement vs Intrigue - What's the difference?
entanglement | intrigue |
The state of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
That which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
Specifically, in fortification, an obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
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To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
* Dr. J. Scott
As nouns the difference between entanglement and intrigue
is that entanglement is the state of being entangled; intricate and confused involution while intrigue is a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.As a verb intrigue is
to conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.entanglement
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(wikipedia entanglement) (en noun)References
* *intrigue
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Alternative forms
* entrigueNoun
(en noun)Verb
(intrigu)citation, passage=Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.}}
- How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!
