Enthralled vs Slaved - What's the difference?
enthralled | slaved |
Extremely happy or excited
* 2014 , (Ruzwana Bashir), "
(enthrall)
(slave)
A person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition.
A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
An abject person; a wretch.
A person who is forced against his/her will to perform, for another person or other persons, sexual acts or other personal services on a regular or continuing basis.
(engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.
To work hard.
To enslave.
To place a device under the control of another.
* 2005 , Simon Millward, Fast Guide to Cubase SX (page 403)
As verbs the difference between enthralled and slaved
is that enthralled is (enthrall) while slaved is (slave).As an adjective enthralled
is extremely happy or excited.enthralled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian , 29 August 2014:
- At 18 I was fortunate enough to receive an offer to study at Oxford University. I was enthralled with the exciting new world around me and tried desperately to fit in.
Verb
(head)slaved
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*slave
English
Alternative forms
: * ** sclaue * ** sclaue ** sclave * ** sclaue ** sklaw ** sklaue ** sklave : * ** slaif ** slaue ** slave (modern spelling developed) * ** slaue ** slave (whenceforth the modern spelling predominated)Noun
(en noun)- a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
- Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.
Derived terms
(terms derived from slave) * antislavery * bondslave * enslave * enslavement * enslaver * no slave to fashion * postslavery * sex slave * sexual slavery * slaveboy * slave code * slavedom * slave driver, slave-driver * Slave Dynasty * slave-girl, slavegirl * slaveholder * slaveholding * slave labour * slaveless * slavelike * slavemaster * slaveowner * slaver * slave to fashion * slavery * slave ship * slave trade * slavey * slavish * wage slave * white slave * white slaver * white slaverySee also
* chattel * indentured servant * * (Slavery)Verb
(slav)- I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
- (Marston)
- to slave a hard disk
- Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation
References
* August 2, 2004 ,"EE Times: Beware 'zombie' clauses* Notes: