Entice vs Gratify - What's the difference?
entice | gratify |
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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To please.
To make content, to satisfy.
To anger, disquiet, fluster, intimidate, or any of the like
As verbs the difference between entice and gratify
is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while gratify is to please.entice
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(entic)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.}}
- I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
