Hypnotize vs Hypnotizer - What's the difference?
hypnotize | hypnotizer |
To induce somebody into a state of hypnosis.
One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
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As a verb hypnotize
is to induce somebody into a state of hypnosis.As a noun hypnotizer is
one who, or that which, hypnotizes.hypnotize
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Alternative forms
* hypnotise (Commonwealth, not OED or Canada )Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* mesmerizeDerived terms
* hypnotizable * hypnotizability * hypnotism * hypnotisthypnotizer
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Noun
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