The difference between Charm and Incantation

When used as nouns, charm means an object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation), whereas incantation means the act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Charm and Incantation

  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. Incantation as a noun:

    The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

  2. Incantation as a noun:

    A formula of words used as above.

  3. Incantation as a noun (computing, slang):

    Any esoteric command or procedure.

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