Some English words are driving me mad for their similarities when I try to momerize them. Could anyone tell me the difference between 'seduce' and 'seduct', 'seduction' and ' seducement', according to dictionary,their meanings are so similar that it is hard for me to tell them aparat.
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4Wow, which dictionary listed seduct? I only see it in the OED, where it's listed as rare and obsolete.– user230Sep 4, 2017 at 2:01
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the strange combination here:: seduct (v.) -> seduction (n), seduce (v.) -> seducement (n),. but currently in common use are seduce (v.) -> seduction (n)– Shaunak ShuklaSep 4, 2017 at 9:05
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@Shaunak Shukla: It's not a strange combination. reduce⟶reduction, deduce⟶deduction, produce⟶production, introduce⟶introduction. But to understand where it came from, you need to look at the Latin roots of these words.– Peter ShorAug 7, 2022 at 14:04
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Seduce is a verb, and seduction is a noun = the act of seducing.
You may safely ignore the verb seduct and the noun seducement, which were never in common use and have been obsolete for at least two centuries.
answered Sep 4, 2017 at 3:00
