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Captivate vs Intoxicate - What's the difference?

captivate | intoxicate |

In obsolete terms the difference between captivate and intoxicate

is that captivate is to take prisoner; to capture; to subdue while intoxicate is overexcited, as with joy or grief.

As verbs the difference between captivate and intoxicate

is that captivate is to attract and hold interest and attention of; charm while intoxicate is to stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

As an adjective intoxicate is

intoxicated.

captivate

English

Verb

(captivat)
  • To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
  • * Washington Irving
  • small landscapes of captivating loveliness
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
  • (obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Their woes whom fortune captivates .
  • * Glanvill
  • 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

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    intoxicate

    English

    Verb

    (intoxicat)
  • To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
  • Synonyms

    * (to stupefy) inebriate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Intoxicated.
  • (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
  • * Chapman
  • Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

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