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Lure vs Enticement - What's the difference?

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Lure is a related term of enticement.


As nouns the difference between lure and enticement

is that lure is something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure while enticement is the act or practice of enticing]], of [[allure|alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

As a verb lure

is to attract by temptation etc; to entice.

lure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
    • (Milton)
  • (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  • A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
  • * 1594 , , IV. i. 178:
    • My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure .
  • A velvet smoothing brush.
    • (Knight)

    Verb

    (lur)
  • To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  • To recall a hawk with a lure.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

  • deceive, trick
    • ----

    enticement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or practice of enticing]], of [[allure, alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
  • That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.}}

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