Attract vs Mislead - What's the difference?
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To pull toward without touching.
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To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
* (John Milton)
(literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
To deceptively trick into something wrong.
To accidentally or intentionally confuse.
Attract is a related term of mislead.
As verbs the difference between attract and mislead
is that attract is to pull toward without touching while mislead is (literally) to lead astray, in a false direction.attract
English
Verb
(en verb)- All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
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- Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
Synonyms
* allureAntonyms
* repelExternal links
* * *mislead
English
Verb
(transitive)- ''The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
