Enthrall vs Attract - What's the difference?
enthrall | attract |
To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.
To pull toward without touching.
* Derham
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To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
* (John Milton)
As verbs the difference between enthrall and attract
is that enthrall is to hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate while attract is to pull toward without touching.enthrall
English
Alternative forms
* enthral (chiefly UK)Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (hold spellbound ): bewitch, captivate, charm, hold in awe, transfix * (make subservient ): enslave, subjugateattract
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Verb
(en verb)- All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
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- Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.