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Ure vs Lure - What's the difference?

ure | lure |

As nouns the difference between ure and lure

is that ure is 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.

ure

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete, only in collocation in ure) .
  • * Chapman
    • Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure / That lies in us.

    Verb

    (ur)
  • (obsolete) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
    • The French soldiers from their youth have been practiced and ured in feats of arms. — Sir T. More.

    Anagrams

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    lure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
    • (Milton)
  • (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:
    • 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 .
  • A velvet smoothing brush.
    • (Knight)

    Verb

    (lur)
  • To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  • To recall a hawk with a lure.

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    Anagrams

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    Verb

  • deceive, trick
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