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Beguile vs. Seduce — What's the Difference?

Beguile vs. Seduce — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Beguile and Seduce

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Beguile

To deceive by guile or charm
Beguiled unwary investors.

Seduce

Entice (someone) into sexual activity
A lawyer had seduced a female client

Beguile

To deprive (someone) of something by guile or deceit; cheat
A disease that has beguiled me of strength.

Seduce

To attract or lead (someone) away from proper behavior or thinking
"He had been in this way seduced from the wisdom of his cooler judgment" (Anthony Trollope).

Beguile

To distract the attention of; divert
"to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming" (Abraham Lincoln).
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Seduce

To induce (someone) to engage in sexual activity, as by flirting or persuasion.

Beguile

To amuse or charm; delight or fascinate.

Seduce

To entice into a different state or position
"Journalism may seduce [a writer-professor] from the campus" (Irwin Erdman).

Beguile

To pass (time) pleasantly.

Seduce

(transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.

Beguile

(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).

Seduce

(transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.

Beguile

(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles

Seduce

To have sexual intercourse with.
He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.

Beguile

(transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
We beguiled the hours away

Seduce

(transitive) To win over or attract.
He was seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the city.

Beguile

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Seduce

To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
For me, the gold of France did not seduce.

Beguile

To elude, or evade by craft; to foil.
When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage.

Seduce

Specifically, to induce to engage in sexual intercourse.

Beguile

To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring.

Seduce

Induce to have sex;
Harry finally seduced Sally
Did you score last night?
Harry made Sally

Beguile

Influence by slyness

Seduce

Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct;
She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor

Beguile

Attract; cause to be enamored;
She captured all the men's hearts

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