Fascinate vs Enchant - What's the difference?
fascinate | enchant |
To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone
To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind
To be irresistibly charming or attractive to
To attract and delight, to charm.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
To cast a spell over.
* 2009 , Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary , Paizo Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1, page 241
As verbs the difference between fascinate and enchant
is that fascinate is to evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone while enchant is to attract and delight, to charm.fascinate
English
Verb
(fascinat)- The flickering TV fascinated the cat.
- We were fascinated by the potter's skill.
- Her gait fascinates all men.
enchant
English
Alternative forms
* enchaunt (obsolete) * inchant (obsolete) * inchaunt (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
- With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.
