What's the difference between propel and tempt?

Propel


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Stratolauncher won’t be fully operational for several years, and it may take decades before anyone designs a system that can propel man-made objects through space fast enough to reach a star over a human being’s lifespan, if it happens at all.
  • (2) Last September, propelled by the success of the Irish referendum and the US supreme court decision, the idea that Australian parliamentarians should, as a matter of conscience, reconsider marriage equality was gathering powerful force.
  • (3) Carpeting of the type commonly used in hospitals imposed a burden upon normal and patient wheelchair users propelling a wheelchair as reflected in increased energy cost per unit of distance traveled.
  • (4) They said US forces had found a "daisy chain"– a long bomb rigged up from mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and a motorbike.
  • (5) Some of the main protesters who have propelled the organization movement forward, particularly Deray McKesson , Netta Elzie and Stephen Houldsworth , have expressed no interest in backing down tonight.
  • (6) District head Baba Abba Hassan said most victims are children, women and elderly people who could not run fast enough when insurgents drove into Baga, firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles on town residents.
  • (7) The video filmed by a witness , which propelled the case into the global spotlight, showed Scott was running away with his back turned when Slager, then an officer with the North Charleston police department, opened fire.
  • (8) Right now most are in for small repairs, propellers that sort of thing.
  • (9) The Texas senator Ted Cruz says the rise of Donald Trump makes him “very optimistic” the next occupant of the White House will be a conservative – perhaps himself – propelled there by the “volcanic rage” of voters.
  • (10) Beating and coordination of these short cilia were compared with those of cilia propelling water.
  • (11) His pioneering efforts helped propel Barbados to a leader in solar water heater use in the western hemisphere.
  • (12) Second, if two self-propelled objects are related in a special way--a relation called the BDR sequence--the infant perceives not only intentional movement but also one object as having the goal of affecting the other object.
  • (13) Wednesday’s attack during dawn prayers is the first attack on Maiduguri since 28 December, when Boko Haram killed at least 50 people in an operation involving rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers.
  • (14) He careered at Pedro Obiang, propelled by a frightening intent, and the midfielder was forced to flatten the Frenchman but Mike Jones adjudged the offence to have taken place outside the area.
  • (15) Allergic contact eczema from the use of deodorant sprays is sometimes caused by sensitization to the propellants.
  • (16) Interestingly, the thymine.adenine pair favours negative buckling for propellers mostly observed in DNA crystals while positive buckling is preferred by the cytosine.guanine pair.
  • (17) Republican guards used anti-aircraft guns, automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades against the opposition camp and intensified the shelling of the streets surrounding the square.
  • (18) Bill Shorten pushes integrity inquiry but says political corruption isn't widespread Read more If politics is about people, and about connections, Shorten’s challenge for 2017 is not only validating the concerns of voters angry enough to propel Donald Trump to the White House, to Brexit and to vote for Pauline Hanson – but to persuade them to make a durable connection with him.
  • (19) He begins describing the crumbling wall of mud that enveloped him, the image of his young daughter propelling him to fight to the surface and take his first breath of air.
  • (20) Lloyd scored three times in just 16 minutes to propel the Americans to a 5-2 win and their first World Cup in 16 years, their third overall.

Tempt


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
  • (v. t.) To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
  • (v. t.) To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
  • (v. t.) To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The identifiable causes of child drowning are absence of a safety barrier or fence around the water hazard, non-supervision of a child, a parental "vulnerable period", an inadequate safety barrier, and tempting objects in or on the water.
  • (2) As he sits in Athens wondering when the International Monetary Fund is going to deliver another bailout, George Papandreou might be tempted to hum a few lines of Tired of Waiting for You.
  • (3) Were it the latter, you'd think he'd change the angle, either by moving across the crease or going around the wicket, because it's clear his man won't be tempted.
  • (4) Although she was tempted to retreat from life, she realised she would have to force herself to live in as an imaginative way as possible.
  • (5) While it is tempting to speculate that sIL-4R might act as a serum carrier protein or serve to inhibit or modulate IL-4 action, specific biological roles for sIL-4R remain to be established.
  • (6) Goalkeeper Pepe Reina had arguably his worst season at Liverpool in 2011-12 and Rodgers may be tempted to bring Michel Vorm with him from Swansea City.
  • (7) So it must be very tempting to introduce "nudge" legislation.
  • (8) Suddenly he would be picking up speed, scurrying past opponents and, in one instance, slipping the ball through Laurent Koscielny’s legs for a nutmeg that was so exquisitely executed he might have been tempted to ruffle his opponent’s hair.
  • (9) I was sorely tempted but in the end I simply paid the fine.
  • (10) It is tempting to assume that the regulation of in vitro cell proliferation is determined by the balance between these antagonist stimulatory and inhibitory autocrine growth factors.
  • (11) It is tempting to suggest that Th2 cells which produce IL-5 and IL-6 tend to be predominant in mucosal effector regions, such as the salivary glands and LP tissues and account for the predominant IgA responses which characterize these tissues.
  • (12) Karol Mets had moved back from midfield to take Klavan’s position and it was tempting to wonder whether England’s night would be engulfed in frustration when Chambers picked out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the six-yard area and the substitute could not get a clean contact on his header.
  • (13) It is tempting to visualise the yawning gap between the real-life equivalents of the fictional Chatsworth Estate, where Shameless is set, and Green Templeton College, Oxford, where Walker works.
  • (14) No true evangelical ought to be tempted to give such tales any credence whatsoever, no matter how popular they become,” Johnson wrote.
  • (15) Lucas has stayed to fight for his place in recent seasons, and succeeded, but may reconsider that stance should a tempting offer materialise before 1 September.
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  • (17) These vary in quality, but some are tempting – so long as you have a good credit record.
  • (18) It is tempting to suggest that muscle weakness may be correlated with or based on the pathology in sarcomeres and the sarcotubular system.
  • (19) Receiving challenging feedback is painful for most people because we are all tempted either to be in love with what we are at the moment, or already beat ourselves up too much, so more challenge is tough to take.
  • (20) It is tempting to assume that these changes within the local immunocompetent cells are related to the therapeutic effect of bacillus Calmette-Guerin against bladder cancer.