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Gravitate vs Beguile - What's the difference?

gravitate | beguile |

In lang=en terms the difference between gravitate and beguile

is that gravitate is to move under the force of gravity while beguile is to charm, delight or captivate.

As verbs the difference between gravitate and beguile

is that gravitate is to move under the force of gravity while beguile is to deceive or delude (using guile).

gravitate

English

Verb

(gravitat)
  • To move under the force of gravity.
  • * 1712 , Sir , Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books , book II:
  • The?e, who have nature's ?teps with care pur?ued,
    That matter is with ac&
  • 8205;tive force endued,
    That all its parts magnetic power exert,
    And to each other gravitate , a??ert.
  • (figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
  • Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
  • * 1776 , , Wealth of Nations :
  • The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating .
  • * 1923 , , "J.B. Runs Things":
  • Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

    beguile

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

    (beguil)
  • To deceive or delude (using guile).
  • * , II, II, 102.
  • I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.
  • To charm, delight or captivate.
  • * 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
  • I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.

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