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Entranced vs Transfixed - What's the difference?

entranced | transfixed |

Transfixed is a synonym of entranced.



As adjectives the difference between entranced and transfixed

is that entranced is held at attention, as if by magic while transfixed is rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.

As verbs the difference between entranced and transfixed

is that entranced is past tense of entrance while transfixed is past tense of transfix.

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)
  • transfixed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
  • Synonyms

    * rapt * enthralled * entranced * mesmerized * hypnotized

    Verb

    (head)
  • (transfix)