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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