Amuse vs Fascinates - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between amuse and fascinates

is that amuse is while fascinates is .

To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.

I watch these movies because they amuse me.

It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.

* Gilpin

A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.

To cause laughter, to be funny.

(archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

* Johnson

He amused his followers with idle promises.

(archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

* Holland

Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold.

* Fuller

Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.

* entertain, gratify, please, divert, beguile

* amusement

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(head)

(fascinate)

(fascinat)

To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone

The flickering TV fascinated the cat.

To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind

We were fascinated by the potter's skill.

To be irresistibly charming or attractive to

Her gait fascinates all men.