different between seduce vs wheedle

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.

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps continuing Middle English wedlen (“to beg, ask for alms”), from Old English w?dlian (“to be poor, be needy, be in want, beg”), from Proto-Germanic *w?þl?n? (“to be in need”).

More likely, borrowed from German wedeln (“to wag one's tail”), from Middle High German wedelen, a byform of Middle High German wadelen (“to wander, waver, wave, whip, stroke, flutter”), from Old High German w?dal?n (“to wander, roam, rove”). In this case, it may be a doublet of waddle, or an independently formed etymological equivalent.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??i?.d?l/ (without the wine-whine merger)
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?wi?.d?l/ (with the wine-whine merger)

Verb

wheedle (third-person singular simple present wheedles, present participle wheedling, simple past and past participle wheedled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.

2. (transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

Derived terms

• wheedler
• wheedling
• wheedlesome

Translations

Noun

wheedle (plural wheedles)

1. (archaic) A coaxing person.

Anagrams

• wheeled