Magnet vs Glamour - What's the difference?
magnet | glamour |
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
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(countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
(uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
As nouns the difference between magnet and glamour
is that magnet is magnet while glamour is (countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.As a verb glamour is
to enchant; to bewitch.magnet
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Noun
(wikipedia magnet) (en noun)- He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-magnet .
- ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.
Derived terms
(Terms derived from "magnet") * babe magnet * bar magnet * electromagnet * ferromagnet * fridge magnet * magnetarium * magnetic * magnetise, magnetize * magnetism * magnet school * man magnet * permanent magnetSee also
* * ----glamour
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Alternative forms
* glamor (US) (Commonwealth-spelling widely accepted across the states.)Noun
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