different between seduction vs blarney

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductio, from s?d?c?.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??d?k.?n?/
• (US, General American) IPA^(key): /s??d?k.?n?/

Noun

seduction (countable and uncountable, plural seductions)

1. The act of seducing.

2. (dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.

Derived terms

• hypnoseduction
• seduction theory

Related terms

• seduce

Translations

Anagrams

• eductions, suctioned

English

Etymology

Named after a legendary magical stone in Blarney Castle, Ireland that gives the gift of eloquence. See also Blarney Stone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl??ni/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?bla??ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl??ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Noun

blarney (uncountable)

1. Mindless chatter.

   He is full of blarney.

2. Ability to talk constantly and fluently.
3. Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk.

Verb

blarney (third-person singular simple present blarneys, present participle blarneying, simple past and past participle blarneyed)

1. To beguile with flattery.

Anagrams

• Braelyn, Braylen