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Hypnotize vs Captivate - What's the difference?

hypnotize | captivate |

As verbs the difference between hypnotize and captivate

is that hypnotize is to induce somebody into a state of hypnosis while captivate is to attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.

hypnotize

English

Alternative forms

* hypnotise (Commonwealth, not OED or Canada )

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To induce somebody into a state of hypnosis.
  • Synonyms

    * mesmerize

    Derived terms

    * hypnotizable * hypnotizability * hypnotism * hypnotist

    captivate

    English

    Verb

    (captivat)
  • To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.
  • * Washington Irving
  • small landscapes of captivating loveliness
  • *, chapter=3
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
  • (obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Their woes whom fortune captivates .
  • * Glanvill
  • 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

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