Lure vs. Jig — What's the Difference?

Something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward

The jig (Irish: port, Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first gained popularity in 16th-century Scotland and Northern England, and was quickly adopted on mainland Europe where it eventually became the final movement of the mature Baroque dance suite (the French gigue; Italian and Spanish giga).

An attraction or appeal

Any of various lively dances in triple time.

A decoy used in catching animals, especially an artificial bait used in catching fish.

The music for such a dance. Also called gigue.

A bunch of feathers attached to a long cord, used in falconry to recall the hawk.

A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up.

To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation

A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom.

To recall (a falcon) with a lure.

An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water.

Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.

(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.

Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

(falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.

To dance or play a jig.

A velvet smoothing brush.

To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly.

(musical instrument) lur

To operate a jig.

(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.

To bob or jerk (something) up and down or to and fro.

(transitive) To attract fish with a lure.

To machine (an object) with the aid of a jig.

To recall a hawk with a lure.

To separate or clean (ore) by shaking a jig.

A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; - used by falconers in recalling hawks.

(music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.

A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.

A velvet smoothing brush.

A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.

(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.

To recall a hawk or other animal.

A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.

Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

(mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.

Anything that serves as an enticement

(obsolete) A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

Something used to lure victims into danger

(obsolete) A trick; a prank.

Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion;

A black person.

To move briskly, especially as a dance.

To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

(fishing) To fish with a jig.

To sing to the tune of a jig.

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

(mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.

To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

To skip school or be truant (Australia, Canadian Maritimes)

A light, brisk musical movement.

A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.

A piece of sport; a trick; a prank.

A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

A small machine or handy tool

To sing to the tune of a jig.

To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.

To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.

To dance a jig; to skip about.

To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

Music in three-four time for dancing a jig

Any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

Dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions