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Elate vs Enthrall - What's the difference?

elate | enthrall |

In lang=en terms the difference between elate and enthrall

is that elate is to lift up; raise; elevate while enthrall is to make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.

As verbs the difference between elate and enthrall

is that elate is to make joyful or proud while enthrall is to hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.

As an adjective elate

is elated; exultant.

elate

English

Verb

(elat)
  • To make joyful or proud.
  • To lift up; raise; elevate.
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • elated; exultant
  • * Alexander Pope
  • O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, / Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate .
  • * Mrs. H. H. Jackson
  • Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
  • (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
  • * Fenton
  • with upper lip elate
  • * Sir W. Jones
  • And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate , / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    enthrall

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enthral (chiefly UK)

    Verb

    (en 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