Tangle vs Decoy - What's the difference?

Tangle is a related term of decoy.

In lang=en terms the difference between tangle and decoy

is that tangle is to catch and hold while decoy is to lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

As verbs the difference between tangle and decoy

is that tangle is to become mixed together or intertwined while decoy is to act or use a decoy.

As nouns the difference between tangle and decoy

is that tangle is a tangled twisted mass or tangle can be any large type of seaweed, especially a species of laminaria while decoy is a person or object meant to lure something to danger.

tangle

English

(wikipedia tangle)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; apparently a variant form of (tagle).

Verb

(tangl)

to become mixed together or intertwined

Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.

to be forced into some kind of situation

to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

Don't tangle with someone three times your size.

He tangled with the law.

to mix together or intertwine

to catch and hold

* Milton

Tangled in amorous nets.

* Crashaw

When my simple weakness strays, / Tangled in forbidden ways.

Synonyms

* (to become mixed together or intertwined) dishevel, tousle * (to be forced into some kind of situation) drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up * argue, conflict, dispute, fight * (to mix together or intertwine) entangle, knot, mat, snarl * (to catch and hold) entrap

Antonyms

* (to mix together or intertwine) untangle, unsnarl

Noun

(en noun)

A tangled twisted mass.

A complicated or confused state or condition.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}

An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.

(mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.

Synonyms

* (tangled twisted mass) knot, mess, snarl * (complicated or confused state or condition) maze, snarl * argument, conflict, dispute, fight

Etymology 2

Of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic .

Noun

(en noun)

Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria .

* 1849 , , In Memoriam , 10:

Than if with thee the roaring wells / Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; / And hands so often clasped in mine, / Should toss with tangle and with shells.

(in the plural) An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.

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Anagrams

* English ergative verbs

decoy

English

Noun

(en noun)

A person or object meant to lure something to danger.

A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

Verb

(en verb)

To act or use a decoy.

To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

to decoy''' troops into an ambush; to '''decoy ducks into a net

* Goldsmith

E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy , / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

Derived terms

* deke