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Attraction vs. Traction — What's the Difference?

Attraction vs. Traction — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Attraction and Traction

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Attraction

The act or capability of attracting.

Traction

The act of drawing or pulling, especially the drawing of a vehicle or load over a surface by motor power.

Attraction

The quality of attracting; charm.

Traction

The condition of being drawn or pulled.

Attraction

A feature or characteristic that attracts.
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Traction

Pulling power, as of a draft animal or engine.

Attraction

A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract
The main attraction was a Charlie Chaplin film.

Traction

Adhesive friction, as of a wheel on a track or a tire on a road.

Attraction

A force exerted between bodies that tends to draw or hold them together, such as gravitational force or the electric or magnetic force between bodies of opposite polarity.

Traction

(Medicine) A sustained pull applied mechanically especially to the arm, leg, or neck so as to correct fractured or dislocated bones, overcome muscle spasms, or relieve pressure.

Attraction

The tendency to attract.
The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.

Traction

(Informal) Impetus or advancement, as toward a desired result
The bill gained traction in the Senate and was passed by a large majority.

Attraction

The feeling of being attracted.
I felt a strange attraction towards the place.

Traction

The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.

Attraction

(countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
The new mall should be a major attraction.
Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.

Traction

The condition of being so pulled.

Attraction

(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.

Traction

Grip.

Attraction

(linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

Traction

The pulling power of an engine or animal.

Attraction

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Traction

The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.

Attraction

The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.

Traction

Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal, especially in gaining support, recognition, or popularity.

Attraction

The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.

Traction

(business) The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.

Attraction

That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.

Traction

(politics) Popular support.

Attraction

The force by which one object attracts another

Traction

(academia) Scholarly interest and research.

Attraction

An entertainment that is offered to the public

Traction

(medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.

Attraction

The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts;
Her personality held a strange attraction for him

Traction

(transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.

Attraction

A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts;
Flowers are an attractor for bees

Traction

To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc.).

Attraction

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;
He was the biggest drawing card they had

Traction

The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

Traction

Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.

Traction

Attraction; a drawing toward.

Traction

The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like; as, the car is stuck in the snow because it can;t get any traction.

Traction

The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

Traction

(orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing;
His leg was in traction for several days

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