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Annul vs Obsess - What's the difference?

annul | obsess |

In transitive terms the difference between annul and obsess

is that annul is to dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid while obsess is to dominate the thoughts of someone.

annul

English

Verb

  • To formally revoke the validity of.
  • To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

    • Derived terms

    * annulment

    Related terms

    * (formally revoke the validity of''): make ''or render null and void, null, nullify * (dissolve (a marital union) ): dissolve

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    obsess

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • (label) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
  • To think or talk obsessively about.

    • Related terms

    * obsession

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