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Entranced vs Captivate - What's the difference?

entranced | captivate |

As verbs the difference between entranced and captivate

is that entranced is (entrance) while captivate is to attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.

As an adjective entranced

is held at attention, as if by magic.

entranced

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Held at attention, as if by magic.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37
    • The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

    Synonyms

    * bedazzled, fascinated, hypnotized, spellbound

    Verb

    (head)
  • (entrance)

    • captivate

    English

    Verb

    (captivat)
  • To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
  • * Washington Irving
    • small landscapes of captivating loveliness
  • *, chapter=3
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
  • (obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Their woes whom fortune captivates .
  • * Glanvill
    • 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

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