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Fixated vs Transfixed - What's the difference?

fixated | transfixed |

As verbs the difference between fixated and transfixed

is that fixated is past tense of fixate while transfixed is past tense of transfix.

As adjectives the difference between fixated and transfixed

is that fixated is attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner while transfixed is rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.

fixated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fixate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

    • transfixed

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * rapt * enthralled * entranced * mesmerized * hypnotized

    Verb

    (head)
  • (transfix)