Lure vs. Decoy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lure and Decoy
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Lure
Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward
The lure of the open road.
Decoy
A decoy (derived from the Dutch de kooi, literally "the cage" or possibly ende kooi, "duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lure them. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in game hunting, but also in wartime and in the committing or resolving of crimes.
Lure
An attraction or appeal
Living on the ocean has a lure for many retirees.
Decoy
A living or artificial bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within shooting range.
Lure
A decoy used in catching animals, especially an artificial bait used in catching fish.
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Decoy
An artificial bird or other animal used to repel or frighten away unwanted animals.
Lure
A bunch of feathers attached to a long cord, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Decoy
A means used to mislead or lead someone into danger.
Lure
To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation
Customers were lured to the store by ads promising big discounts.
Decoy
A replica or imitation of something, especially when intended to deceive by obscuring the number or location of the actual objects being imitated
Decoy warheads.
Lure
To recall (a falcon) with a lure.
Decoy
An enclosed place, such as a pond, into which wildfowl are lured for capture.
Lure
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
Decoy
To lure (an animal) into a trap or position to be hunted.
Lure
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
Decoy
To entice or mislead by deception or into danger.
Lure
(falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Decoy
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
Lure
A velvet smoothing brush.
Decoy
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Lure
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Decoy
Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
Lure
(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
Decoy
An assembly of hooped or netted corridors into which wild ducks may be enticed (originally by tame ducks) and trapped.
Lure
(transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
Decoy
(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
To decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net
Lure
To recall a hawk with a lure.
Decoy
(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy. en
Lure
A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; - used by falconers in recalling hawks.
Decoy
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy.
E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
Lure
Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
Decoy
Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
Lure
A velvet smoothing brush.
Decoy
A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
Lure
To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
I am not lured with love.
And various science lures the learned eye.
Decoy
A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
Lure
To recall a hawk or other animal.
Decoy
A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.
Lure
Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
Decoy
A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
Lure
Anything that serves as an enticement
Decoy
Something used to lure victims into danger
Lure
Something used to lure victims into danger
Decoy
Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Lure
Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;
He lured me into temptation
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