Sway vs. Influence
Swaynoun
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swaynoun
A rocking or swinging motion.
Swaynoun
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
Swaynoun
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Swaynoun
Rule; dominion; control; power.
Swaynoun
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Swaynoun
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
Swayverb
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
Swayverb
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
Swayverb
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
Swayverb
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
Swayverb
(nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
Swayverb
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
Swayverb
To have weight or influence.
Swayverb
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Swayverb
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
Swayverb
To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide.
Swayverb
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
Swayverb
To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
Swayverb
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
Swayverb
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Swayverb
To have weight or influence.
Swayverb
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Swaynoun
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swaynoun
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
Swaynoun
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Swaynoun
Rule; dominion; control.
Swaynoun
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Swaynoun
controlling influence
Swaynoun
pitching dangerously to one side
Swayverb
move back and forth or sideways;
Swayverb
move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;
Swayverb
win approval or support for;
Swayverb
cause to move back and forth;
Influencenoun
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
Influencenoun
An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
Influencenoun
A person or thing exerting such power or action.
Influencenoun
(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
Influencenoun
(obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
Influencenoun
(electricity) Electrostatic induction.
Influenceverb
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
Influenceverb
(intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
Influenceverb
To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
Influencenoun
A flowing in or upon; influx.
Influencenoun
Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers, of the stars over affairs.
Influencenoun
Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
Influencenoun
Induction.
Influenceverb
To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to affect; to move; to persuade; to induce.
Influencenoun
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc;
Influencenoun
causing something without any direct or apparent effort
Influencenoun
a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do;
Influencenoun
the effect of one thing (or person) on another;
Influencenoun
one having power to influence another;
Influenceverb
have and exert influence or effect;
Influenceverb
shape or influence; give direction to;
Influenceverb
induce into action by using one's charm;
