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Fascinate vs Fasciate - What's the difference?

fascinate | fasciate |

As verbs the difference between fascinate and fasciate

is that fascinate is to evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone while fasciate is to bind.

As an adjective fasciate is

bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.

fascinate

English

Verb

(fascinat)
  • To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone
    • The flickering TV fascinated the cat.
  • To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind
    • We were fascinated by the potter's skill.
  • To be irresistibly charming or attractive to
    • Her gait fascinates all men.

    fasciate

    English

    Verb

  • To bind.
  • To apply fascia.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
  • (botany) Banded or compacted together.
  • (botany) Flattened and laterally widened.
    • The stems of the garden cockscomb are often fasciate .
  • (zoology) Broadly banded with colour.
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