attractiveness vs lure
lure vs attractivenessattractiveness and lure both are nouns.
attractiveness is not a verb while lure is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| attractiveness | Yes | No | No | No |
| lure | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
lure is a hyponym of
attractiveness; that is, lure is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
attractiveness:
- attractiveness: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
- lure: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
Other hyponyms of attractiveness include
affinity, allure, allurement, temptingness, binding, drawing power, fascination, come-on, enticement, sexual attraction, show-stopper, showstopper.
| attractiveness (noun) | lure (noun) |
|---|---|
| sexual allure | something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed |
| the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward |
| anything that serves as an enticement |
| attractiveness (verb) | lure (verb) |
|---|---|
| provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion |
Words related to "attractiveness"
- adorability
- adorableness
- affinity
- allure
- allurement
- animal magnetism
- appeal
- appealingness
- attraction
- attractive
- beauty
- beguilement
- bewitchery
- binding
- charisma
- charm
- come-on
- desirability
- desirableness
- drawing power
- enticement
- fascination
- lure
- oomph
- personal appeal
- personal magnetism
- quality
- sex appeal
- sexual attraction
- show-stopper
- showstopper
- spiff
- temptingness
- unattractive
- unattractiveness
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