Entice vs. Allure — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Entice and Allure
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Entice
Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage
A show which should entice a new audience into the theatre
The treat is offered to entice the dog to eat
Allure
To attract with something desirable; entice
Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor.
Entice
To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire
The good review enticed me to see the movie.
Allure
To be highly, often subtly attractive
Charms that still allure.
Entice
(transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
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Allure
The power to attract; enticement.
Entice
To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.
Roses blushing as they blow,And enticing men to pull.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Go, and thine erring brother gain,Entice him home to be forgiven.
Allure
The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
Entice
Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;
He lured me into temptation
Allure
(dated) Gait; bearing.
Allure
The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
Allure
(transitive) To entice; to attract.
Allure
To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
With promised joys allured them on.
The golden sun in splendor likest HeavenAllured his eye.
Allure
Allurement.
Allure
Gait; bearing.
The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
Allure
The power to entice or attract through personal charm
Allure
Dispose or incline or entice to;
We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
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