Lure vs Greedy - What's the difference?
lure | greedy |
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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Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
* , chapter=7
, title= Prone to overeat.
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As a noun lure
is something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.As a verb lure
is to attract by temptation etc; to entice.As an adjective greedy is
having greed; consumed by selfish desires.lure
English
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)
Verb
(lur)Anagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Verb
greedy
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Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
