Lyre vs Lure - What's the difference?
lyre | lure |
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 nouns the difference between lyre and lure
is that lyre is a stringed musical instrument while 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.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)