Fleece vs Entice - What's the difference?
fleece | entice |
(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
(countable) An insulating wooly jacket
(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
to con or trick someone out of money
to shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep)
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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As verbs the difference between fleece and entice
is that fleece is to con or trick someone out of money while entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.As a noun fleece
is (uncountable) hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.fleece
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* (con) nickel and dimeentice
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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.