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Enchanted vs Delight - What's the difference?

enchanted | delight |

As verbs the difference between enchanted and delight

is that enchanted is (enchant) while delight is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

As an adjective enchanted

is charmed, delighted, enraptured.

As an interjection enchanted

is (dated).

As a noun delight is

joy; pleasure.

enchanted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (enchant)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Charmed, delighted, enraptured.
  • Under the influence of enchantment.
  • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (dated)
  • 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

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