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Enamored vs Captivated - What's the difference?

enamored | captivated |

As verbs the difference between enamored and captivated

is that enamored is past tense of enamor while captivated is past tense of captivate.

As an adjective enamored

is totally in love.

enamored

English

Alternative forms

* (British spelling) enamoured * (obsolete) , inamoured

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Totally in love.
    • She's enamored of her new boyfriend.

    Synonyms

    * (totally in love) head over heels, twitterpated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enamor)

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    captivated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (captivate)

    • captivate

    English

    Verb

    (captivat)
  • To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
  • * Washington Irving
    • small landscapes of captivating loveliness
  • *, chapter=3
    • , 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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