different between pentice vs entice

English

Etymology

From Middle English pentis, pendize, and other spellings; from Anglo-Norman pentiz, aphetic of Old French apentis (“appendage, attached building”), from Medieval Latin appendicium, from Latin appendo (“to hang”). Doublet of appentice and penthouse.

Noun

pentice (plural pentices)

1. An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice.
2. A covered walkway.
3. (mining) An unexcavated portion of a shaftway, intended to afford protection from falling debris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pentice.

Synonyms

• (appentice): pent

Translations

Anagrams

• pectine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French enticier, from a Vulgar Latin *intiti?re, from Latin titi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ta?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Verb

entice (third-person singular simple present entices, present participle enticing, simple past and past participle enticed)

1. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

   I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

Related terms

• enticement
• enticing

Translations

See also

• beguile
• tempt
• seduce

References

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

Anagrams

• encite