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Entice vs Tice - What's the difference?

entice | tice |

As verbs the difference between entice and tice

is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while tice is to entice.

As a noun tice is

a ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

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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    tice

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cricket) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
  • Etymology 2

    Aphetic form of entice.

    Verb

    (tic)
  • (obsolete) To entice.
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