Gratify vs Enchant - What's the difference?
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To please.
To make content, to satisfy.
To anger, disquiet, fluster, intimidate, or any of the like
To attract and delight, to charm.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
To cast a spell over.
* 2009 , Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary , Paizo Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60125-183-1, page 241
Gratify is a related term of enchant.
As verbs the difference between gratify and enchant
is that gratify is to please while enchant is to attract and delight, to charm.gratify
English
Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* gladden, queemDerived terms
* gratification * gratifyingAntonyms
External links
* *enchant
English
Alternative forms
* enchaunt (obsolete) * inchant (obsolete) * inchaunt (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
- With the aid of his eponymous pipes, a satyr is capable of weaving a wide variety of melodic spells designed to enchant others and bring them in line with his capricious desires.
