Fascinated vs Inspired - What's the difference?
fascinated | inspired |
(fascinate)
To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone
To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind
To be irresistibly charming or attractive to
Having excellence through inspiration.
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Filled with inspiration or motivated.
(inspire).
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As verbs the difference between fascinated and inspired
is that fascinated is past tense of fascinate while inspired is past tense of inspire.As an adjective inspired is
having excellence through inspiration.fascinated
English
Verb
(head)fascinate
English
Verb
(fascinat)- The flickering TV fascinated the cat.
- We were fascinated by the potter's skill.
- Her gait fascinates all men.
inspired
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
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- The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece .
- He was inspired to learn to fly.
Verb
(head)citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}