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Inducement vs Allure - What's the difference?

inducement | allure |

As nouns the difference between inducement and allure

is that inducement is an incentive that helps bring about a desired state while allure is the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

As a verb allure is

to entice; to attract.

inducement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
  • Citation of Richard Stallman ...it won't run on a free platform and (...) your program is actually an inducement for people to install non-free software. Richard Stallman's speech in Australian National University on 13 October 2004, Part 2, as seen in this film on video.google.com, circa 40% into the movie. Stallman was talking about Java and flash as inducements for installing non-free software.
  • (legal) An introductory statement of facts or background information.
  • (shipping) The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.
  • References

    allure

    English

    Noun

  • The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
  • gait; bearing
  • The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. — Harper's Magazine.

    Verb

    (allur)
  • To entice; to attract.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
  • Synonyms

    * attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce

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