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Entice vs Entrance - What's the difference?

entice | entrance |

In lang=en terms the difference between entice and entrance

is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while entrance is to put into a trance.

As verbs the difference between entice and entrance

is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while entrance is to delight and fill with wonder.

As a noun entrance is

(countable) the action of entering, or going in.

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.

    Related terms

    * enticement * enticing

    See also

    * beguile * tempt * seduce

    References

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    entrance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * entraunce

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

  • (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
    • Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
  • The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
    • the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
  • (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}
    Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
  • (uncountable) The right to go in.
    • You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
    to give entrance to friends
  • The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
    • a difficult entrance into business
  • * Shakespeare
    • Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
  • * Halliwell
    • St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.
  • The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
    • His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
  • (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
  • (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
    • (Totten)
    Synonyms
    * ingang
    Antonyms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From

    Verb

    (entranc)
  • To delight and fill with wonder.
    • The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
  • * 1996 —
    • See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance ...
  • To put into a trance.