Rook vs Lure - What's the difference?
rook | lure | Related terms |
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus , of the crow family.
* Pennant
A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
(British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
To cheat or swindle.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 311:
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
(rare) A castle or other fortification.
mist; fog; roke
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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Rook is a related term of lure.
As nouns the difference between rook and lure
is that rook is skirt 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.rook
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) rok, roke, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The rook should be treated as the farmer's friend.
- (Wycherley)
Synonyms
* (swindler) swindler, cheatHypernyms
* (bird) bird * (firecracker) firecrackerVerb
(en verb)- Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there.
Synonyms
* (sense) cheat, con, do, dupe, have, swindleEtymology 2
From (etyl) roc, ultimately from (etyl) . Compare (roc).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (chesspiece) castleSee also
* *See also
* squabEtymology 3
From rookie .Etymology 4
Noun
(-)Etymology 5
Anagrams
* ----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)