Attract and Distract

Attract

Attract verb - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.

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Distract and attract are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distract" instead a verb "Attract".

Distract verb - To draw the attention or mind to something else.

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Attract and distract are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attract" instead a verb "Distract".

attention	attract attention	distract attention
man	attract man	distract man
guy	attract guy	distract guy
people	attract people	distract people
Other words: group, men, crowd, someone, audience, way, characters, police, anyone, viewers, guards, players, victims, enemies, zombies, guys, heroes, girls, monsters.

The Last of Us has bricks, bottles, etc that can be thrown to distract/attract enemies or simply smack them in the head.

Source: Throwing the Distraction
Being controlled by the female Teacher, she's able to attract and distract the Mixeloptor to get it back into its cage.

Source: Western Animation / Mixels
Show Some Leg: Played with: Sally shows off a bit of leg to attract Oogie's attention, but it later turns out the leg is unattached, serving to distract Oogie while the rest of Sally unties Santa.

Source: Western Animation / The Nightmare Before Christmas

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