Tempt vs Prevail - What's the difference?
tempt | prevail | Related terms |
To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
To attract; to allure.
To provoke something; to court.
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
* , Exodus 17:11
To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
Tempt is a related term of prevail.
In lang=en terms the difference between tempt and prevail
is that tempt is to provoke something; to court while prevail is to succeed in persuading]] or [[induce|inducing.As verbs the difference between tempt and prevail
is that tempt is to provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice while prevail is to be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.tempt
English
Verb
(en verb)- She tempted me to eat the apple.
- Its glossy skin tempted me.
- It would be tempting fate.
Derived terms
* temptation * tempter * temptress * tempt fate * tempt providenceExternal links
* * *prevail
English
Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
