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Winsome vs Magnetic - What's the difference?

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Winsome is a related term of magnetic.


As adjectives the difference between winsome and magnetic

is that winsome is charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner while magnetic is magnetic.

winsome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner.
    • His bedside manner was especially winsome .
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see.

    Derived terms

    * winsomeness * winsomely

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    magnetic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * magnetical (dated) * magnetick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism
    • a magnetic recorder
  • having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull
  • determined by earth's magnetic fields
    • magnetic north
    the magnetic meridian
  • having an extraordinary ability to attract
    • He has a magnetic personality.
  • * John Donne
    • she that had all magnetic force alone
  • (archaic) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.
    • a magnetic sleep

    Synonyms

    * magnetised, magnetized * (having the properties a magnet) attractive, repulsive * (having an extraordinary ability to attract) appealing, attractive, charismatic, inviting, seductive

    Antonyms

    * antimagnetic * (determined by earth's magnetic fields ): geographic * (having an extraordinary ability to attract) repulsive

    Related terms

    * magnet * magnetically * magnetic field * nonmagnetic