The difference between Attraction and Charm

When used as nouns, attraction means the tendency to attract, whereas charm means an object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

Charm is also verb with the meaning: to seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Attraction and Charm

  1. Attraction as a noun:

    The tendency to attract.

    Examples:

    "The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity."

  2. Attraction as a noun:

    The feeling of being attracted.

    Examples:

    "I felt a strange attraction towards the place."

  3. Attraction as a noun (countable):

    An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

    Examples:

    "The new mall should be a major attraction."

    "Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction."

  4. Attraction as a noun (chess):

    The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.

  1. Charm as a noun:

    An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

    Examples:

    "a charm against evil"

    "It works like a charm."

  2. Charm as a noun:

    The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.

    Examples:

    "He had great personal charm."

    "She tried to win him over with her charms."

  3. Charm as a noun:

    A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

    Examples:

    "She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist."

  4. Charm as a noun (physics):

    A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks.

  5. Charm as a noun (finance):

    A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.

  1. Charm as a verb:

    To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

    Examples:

    "He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor."

  2. Charm as a verb (transitive):

    To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.

    Examples:

    "After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed."

  3. Charm as a verb:

    To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.

    Examples:

    "She led a charmed life."

  4. Charm as a verb (obsolete, rare):

    To make music upon.

  5. Charm as a verb:

    To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

  1. Charm as a noun:

    The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.

  2. Charm as a noun:

    A flock, group (especially of finches).

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