Induce vs Lure - What's the difference?
induce | lure |
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
To cause, bring about, lead to.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 20, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
, title= (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
(logic) To infer by induction.
(obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
(obsolete) To draw on, place upon.
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(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:
A velvet smoothing brush.
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
deceive, trick
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As verbs the difference between induce and lure
is that induce is to lead by persuasion or influence; incite while lure is to attract by temptation etc.; to entice.As a noun lure is
something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.induce
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Verb
(induc)TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992), passage=A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy. }}
Synonyms
* (to cause) bring about, instigate, prompt, stimulate, trigger, provokeAntonyms
* (logic) deduceAnagrams
*References
* * ----lure
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Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)
- 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 .
- (Knight)
