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Delight vs Enthral - What's the difference?

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Delight is a related term of enthral.


As verbs the difference between delight and enthral

is that delight is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly while enthral is to hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.

As a noun delight

is joy; pleasure.

delight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Joy; pleasure.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
  • A fool hath no delight in understanding.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
  • * Milton:
  • Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
  • * (Greensleeves):
  • Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,

    Derived terms

    * undelight * delightful

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • * Tennyson
  • Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
  • (label) To have or take great pleasure
  • Derived terms

    * delight in

    Anagrams

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    enthral

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enthrall

    Verb

  • To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
  • To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.
  • Synonyms

    * (hold spellbound) bewitch, captivate, charm, hold in awe, transfix * (make subservient) enslave, subjugate