The difference between Charm and Dangle

When used as nouns, charm means an object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation), whereas dangle means an agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.

When used as verbs, charm means to seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something, whereas dangle means to hang loosely with the ability to swing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Charm and Dangle

  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).

  1. Dangle as a verb (intransitive):

    To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

    Examples:

    "His feet would dangle in the water."

  2. Dangle as a verb (intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse):

    The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.

    Examples:

    "He dangled around three players and the goalie to score."

  3. Dangle as a verb (transitive):

    To hang or trail something loosely.

    Examples:

    "I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water."

  4. Dangle as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To trail or follow around.

  1. Dangle as a noun:

    An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.

  2. Dangle as a noun (slang, ice hockey, lacrosse):

    The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.

    Examples:

    "That was a sick dangle for a great goal!"

  3. Dangle as a noun:

    A dangling ornament or decoration.

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