different between enticement vs bribe

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 Old French briber (“go begging”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: br?b, IPA^(key): /b?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Noun

bribe (plural bribes)

1. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
   • c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill

     Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe.

2. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
   • 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination

     Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.

   • 1974, George Fox, Mario Puzo, Earthquake

     Remy, this was a bribe! Our whole marriage has been nothing but a series of bribes!

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bribe

Derived terms

• bribeless
• bribeproof
• bribetaking

Translations

Verb

bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed)

1. (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
   • October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute

     Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.

2. (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• ribbe

French

Etymology

Imitative. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ib/
• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

bribe f (plural bribes)

1. (obsolete) crumb (of bread)
2. scrap, bit

Further reading

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