Woo vs Seduce - What's the difference?
woo | seduce |
To endeavor to gain someone's support.
(often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
* Prior
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
* Milton
* Bryant
(slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship.
(by extension, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
To win over or attract someone.
As verbs the difference between woo and seduce
is that woo is to endeavor to gain someone's support while seduce is to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.As an interjection woo
is expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.As an adjective woo
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.As a proper noun Woo
is a Chinese surname.woo
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wowen, .Alternative forms
* wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)Verb
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
Synonyms
* courtDerived terms
* woo backEtymology 2
Interjection
(en interjection)- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"
Etymology 3
seduce
English
Verb
- Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force.'' - Obi Wan Kenobi, ''
- Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?'' - Benjamin Braddock, ''
- He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.
