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What is the difference between seduction and bribe?

seduction | bribe |

As nouns the difference between seduction and bribe

is that seduction is the act of seducing while bribe is something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.

As a verb bribe is

to give a to.

seduction

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of seducing.
  • Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire.
  • (dated, legal, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
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    bribe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
  • * Hobart
  • Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
  • That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
  • * Akenside
  • Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.

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    Verb

    (brib)
  • To give a to.
  • * F. W. Robertson
  • Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
  • To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
  • to bribe somebody's compliance