Fetish vs. Charm
Difference Between Fetish and Charm
Fetishnoun
An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
Charmnoun
The power or quality of pleasing or delighting; appeal
an old house with a lot of charm.Fetishnoun
An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence
made a fetish of punctuality.Charmnoun
A quality that pleases or attracts; a delightful characteristic
A mischievous grin was among the child's many charms.Fetishnoun
Something, such as a material object or nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
Charmnoun
A small ornament, such as one worn on a bracelet.
Fetishnoun
An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.
Charmnoun
An item worn for its supposed magical benefit, as in warding off evil; an amulet.
Fetishnoun
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
Charmnoun
An action or formula thought to have magical power.
Fetishnoun
Sexual attraction to or arousal at something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body.
I know a guy who has a foot fetish.a fetish for leatherCharmnoun
A quantum property of subatomic particles that is conserved in electromagnetic and strong interactions but may not be conserved in weak interactions that cause the decay of particles containing charm quarks.
Fetishnoun
(US) An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession.
a fetish for deficit reductionCharmnoun
The quantum number that represents the charm property, equal to the difference between the number of charm quarks and the number of charm antiquarks.
Fetishnoun
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Charmverb
To delight or fascinate
the simple elegance of the meal charmed the guests.Fetishnoun
excessive or irrational devotion to some activity;
made a fetish of cleanlinessCharmverb
To induce by means of strong personal attractiveness
charmed the guard into admitting them without invitations.Charmverb
To cast or seem to cast a spell on; bewitch.
Charmverb
To be alluring or pleasing.
Charmverb
To function as an amulet or charm.
Charmverb
To use magic spells.
Charmnoun
An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
a charm against evilIt works like a charm.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.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.Charmnoun
(physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the quantity of charm quarks & antiquarks.
Charmnoun
(finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
Charmnoun
The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
Charmnoun
A flock, group (especially of finches).
Charmverb
To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor.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.Charmverb
To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
She led a charmed life.Charmverb
To make music upon.
Charmverb
To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
Charmnoun
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;
his smile was part of his appeal to herCharmnoun
a verbal formula believed to have magical force;
he whispered a spell as he moved his handsinscribed around its base is a charm in BalineseCharmnoun
something believed to bring good luck
Charmverb
attract; cause to be enamored;
She captured all the men's heartsCharmverb
control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
Charmverb
protect through supernatural powers or charms
Charmverb
induce into action by using one's charm;
She charmed him into giving her all his money
