Seduce vs Coax - What's the difference?
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To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship.
(by extension, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
To win over or attract someone.
(obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
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To carefully manipulate into a particular desired state, situation or position.
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, title= (obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.
As verbs the difference between seduce and coax
is that seduce is to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray while coax is to fondle, kid, pet, tease.As a noun coax is
a simpleton; a dupe.seduce
English
Verb
- Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force.'' - Obi Wan Kenobi, ''
- Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?'' - Benjamin Braddock, ''
- He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.
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* * English transitive verbs ----coax
English
Etymology 1
originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of , from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (male bird, pert boy). The modern spelling is from 1706.Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}
- On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
Synonyms
* (persuade gradually) cajole, persuade, wheedle * (manipulate carefully into position) easeNoun
(es)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)