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Entice vs Entrain - What's the difference?

entice | entrain |

In transitive terms the difference between entice and entrain

is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while entrain is to put aboard a railway train.

entice

English

Verb

(entic)
  • To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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    I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

    See also

    * beguile * tempt * seduce

    References

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    entrain

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw along as a current does.
  • water entrained by steam
  • (chemistry) To suspend small particles in the current of a fluid.
  • (figuratively) To encarriage, to conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.
  • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (poetic) To get into or board a railway train.
  • To put aboard a railway train.
  • to entrain a regiment

    Antonyms

    * detrain

    Anagrams

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