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Captivation vs Captivity - What's the difference?

captivation | captivity |

As nouns the difference between captivation and captivity

is that captivation is the act of captivating or the state of being captivated while captivity is the state of being captive.

captivation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
  • * 1851 Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Characteristics of Literature: Illustrated by the Genius of Distinguished Writers
    • But the test of an oration is not only its immediate effect; there are tricks of elocution, a jugglery of manner, and even a personal captivation that so win the senses as to bewilder the judgment.

    captivity

    English

    Noun

    (captivities)
  • The state of being captive.
  • (obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
  • The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.

    • See also

    * captive * captor