Entire vs Entice - What's the difference?
entire | entice |
(sometimes, postpositive) Whole; complete.
(botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
(botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable]] on all of [[?.
(of a, male animal) Not gelded.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* Clarendon
Internal; interior.
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
* 2005', He asked why Hijaz was an '''entire . You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated. — James Meek, ''The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 124)
(philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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As an adjective entire
is whole; complete.As a noun entire
is an uncastrated horse; a stallion.As a verb entice is
to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.entire
English
(wikipedia entire)Alternative forms
* intire (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- pure fear and entire cowardice
- No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* entiretyNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* (l)entice
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Verb
(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.