Fixated vs Riveted - What's the difference?
fixated | riveted |
(fixate)
(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner
(rivet)
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
(figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
(obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
to install rivets
to command the attention of.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
As verbs the difference between fixated and riveted
is that fixated is past tense of fixate while riveted is past tense of rivet.As an adjective fixated
is attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner.fixated
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(en adjective)riveted
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(wikipedia rivet)Noun
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* rivet counter * pop rivetVerb
- The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.