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Inveigled vs Brainwashed - What's the difference?

inveigled | brainwashed |

As verbs the difference between inveigled and brainwashed

is that inveigled is (inveigle) while brainwashed is (brainwash).

inveigled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inveigle)

    • inveigle

    English

    Verb

    (inveigl)
  • to convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles
  • *
  • to obtain through guile or cunning

    • Usage notes

    * Sometimes confused with (inveigh).

    brainwashed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (brainwash)

    • brainwash

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.

    • Verb

  • To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (i.e. hypnosis)
  • (figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)