Inveigle vs Fawn - What's the difference?
inveigle | fawn |
to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles
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to obtain through guile or cunning
A young deer.
A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
(obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
* Holland
Of the fawn colour.
To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on'' or ''upon ).
* Shakespeare
* Milton
* Macaulay
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In lang=en terms the difference between inveigle and fawn
is that inveigle is to obtain through guile or cunning while fawn is to seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on'' or ''upon ).As verbs the difference between inveigle and fawn
is that inveigle is to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles while fawn is to give birth to a fawn or fawn can be to exhibit affection or attempt to please.As a noun fawn is
a young deer.As an adjective fawn is
of the fawn colour.inveigle
English
Verb
(inveigl)Usage notes
* Sometimes confused with (inveigh).fawn
English
(wikipedia fawn)Etymology 1
From (etyl) faon.Noun
(en noun)- [The tigress] after her fawns .
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* fawn lilyEtymology 2
From (etyl) fawnen, from (etyl) fahnian, fagnian, . See also fain.Verb
(en verb)- You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.
- Thou with trembling fear, / Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.
- courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him
citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}