different between influence vs seduce

English

Etymology

From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.flu.?ns/
• Hyphenation: in?flu?ence

Noun

influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences)

1. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

2. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.

3. A person or thing exerting such power or action.

   • The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.

4. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
5. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.

6. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.

Hyponyms

• social influence

Derived terms

• influencer

Related terms

Translations

Verb

influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)

1. (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

   The politician wants to influence the public.

   I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.

2. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Derived terms

• influenceable
• influencer
• influencive

Related terms

• influent
• influential
• influenza, flu

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fly.??s/

Noun

influence f (plural influences)

1. influence

Derived terms

• zone d'influence

Related terms

Verb

influence

1. first-person singular present indicative of influencer
2. third-person singular present indicative of influencer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
5. second-person singular imperative of influencer

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”).

Noun

influence f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences)

1. inundation; flooding; influx of water
2. influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one's fate

Descendants

• ? English: influence
• French: influence

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?d?c? (“to lead apart or astray”), from s?- (“aside, away, astray”) + d?c? (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??dju?s/
• (US, General American) IPA^(key): /s??d(j)u?s/

Verb

seduce (third-person singular simple present seduces, present participle seducing, simple past and past participle seduced)

1. (transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
2. (transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.
3. (by extension, transitive, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.

4. (transitive) To win over or attract.

Synonyms

• (to lure away from duty): corrupt, lead astray, misguide, bribe
• (to induce a sexual relationship): debauch, forlead, pick up, vamp
• (to have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to win over or attract): beguile, entrance, pull in; see also Thesaurus:allure

Related terms

• seduction
• seductive
• seducement
• seducer
• seductress

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• deuces, educes

Italian

Verb

seduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of sedurre

Latin

Verb

s?d?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of s?d?c?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?d?c?re, present active infinitive of s?d?c?, French séduire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se?dut?e]

Verb

a seduce (third-person singular present seduce, past participle sedus) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to seduce

Conjugation

Derived terms

• seduc?tor
• seducere
• sedus

Spanish

Verb

seduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of seducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of seducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of seducir.