Charm vs. Spell

Charm vs. Spell — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Charm and Spell

Charmnoun

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

a charm against evilIt works like a charm.

Spellnoun

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

He cast a spell to cure warts.

Charmnoun

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

He had great personal charm.She tried to win him over with her charms.

Spellnoun

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

under a spell

Charmnoun

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

She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist.

Spellnoun

(obsolete) Speech, discourse.

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Charmnoun

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

Spellnoun

A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.

Charmnoun

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

Spellnoun

(informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).

Charmnoun

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

Spellnoun

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.

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Charmnoun

A flock, group (especially of finches).

Spellnoun

A period of rest; time off.

Charmverb

To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

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

Spellnoun

A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.

Charmverb

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

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

Spellnoun

(cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

Charmverb

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

She led a charmed life.

Spellnoun

(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.

Charmverb

To make music upon.

Spellnoun

The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

Charmverb

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

Spellverb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Charmnoun

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;

his smile was part of his appeal to her

Spellverb

(obsolete) To speak, to declaim.

Charmnoun

a verbal formula believed to have magical force;

he whispered a spell as he moved his handsinscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese

Spellverb

(obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Charmnoun

something believed to bring good luck

Spellverb

To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

Charmverb

attract; cause to be enamored;

She captured all the men's hearts

Spellverb

To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

Charmverb

control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft

Spellverb

(intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.

Charmverb

protect through supernatural powers or charms

Spellverb

(transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).

The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.

Charmverb

induce into action by using one's charm;

She charmed him into giving her all his money

Spellverb

To indicate that (some event) will occur.

This spells trouble.

Spellverb

To clarify; to explain in detail.

Please spell it out for me.

Spellverb

To constitute; to measure.

Spellverb

(transitive) To work in place of (someone).

to spell the helmsman

Spellverb

(transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.

Spellverb

To rest from work for a time.

Spellnoun

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

Spellnoun

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

it's my goa spell of work

Spellnoun

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;

he was here for a little whileI need to rest for a piecea spell of good weathera patch of bad weather

Spellnoun

a verbal formula believed to have magical force;

he whispered a spell as he moved his handsinscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese

Spellverb

recite the letters of or give the spelling of;

How do you spell this word?

Spellverb

indicate or signify;

I'm afraid this spells trouble!

Spellverb

write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);

He spelled the word wrong in this letter

Spellverb

place under a spell