Enthral vs Intrigue - What's the difference?
enthral | intrigue | Synonyms |
To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
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To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
* Dr. J. Scott
Enthral is a synonym of intrigue.
As verbs the difference between enthral and intrigue
is that enthral is to hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate while intrigue is .enthral
English
Alternative forms
* enthrallVerb
Synonyms
* (hold spellbound) bewitch, captivate, charm, hold in awe, transfix * (make subservient) enslave, subjugateintrigue
English
Alternative forms
* entrigueNoun
(en noun)Verb
(intrigu)citation, passage=Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.}}
- How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!
