Captivated vs Elated - What's the difference?
captivated | elated | Related terms |
(captivate)
To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
* Washington Irving
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, title= (obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
* Shakespeare
* Glanvill
Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
(elate)
Captivated is a related term of elated.
As verbs the difference between captivated and elated
is that captivated is (captivate) while elated is (elate).As an adjective elated is
extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.captivated
English
Verb
(head)captivate
English
Verb
(captivat)- small landscapes of captivating loveliness
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.}}
- Their woes whom fortune captivates .
- '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.
Anagrams
* ----elated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She was elated with her new car.