different between enticement vs attraction

English

Etymology

From Old French enticement.

Noun

enticement (countable and uncountable, plural enticements)

1. The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting
2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object

Translations

References

• enticement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• enticement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• encitement

Old French

Etymology

enticier +? -ment.

Noun

enticement m (oblique plural enticemenz or enticementz, nominative singular enticemenz or enticementz, nominative plural enticement)

1. incitement (act, instance of inciting)

Descendants

• ? English: enticement

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enticement)
• enticement on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrah? (= ad + trah?), equivalent to attract +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t?æk??n/, [??t?æk?(??)n], [??t???æk?(??)n]
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)

1. The tendency to attract.

2. The feeling of being attracted.

3. (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

4. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
5. (linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

Synonyms

• charm
• pull

Antonyms

• repulsion

See also

• orientation

Translations

Anagrams

• tractation

French

Etymology

From Old French attraction, from Latin attracti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

attraction f (plural attractions)

1. attraction (all senses)

Derived terms

• parc d'attractions

Descendants

• ? Hungarian: attrakció

Further reading

• “attraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).