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Mesmerized vs Memorize - What's the difference?

mesmerized | memorize |

As verbs the difference between mesmerized and memorize

is that mesmerized is (mesmerize) while memorize is to learn by heart, commit to memory.

As an adjective mesmerized

is spellbound or enthralled.

mesmerized

English

Alternative forms

* mesmerised (mostly British )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Spellbound or enthralled.
  • Hypnotized.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (mesmerize)

    • memorize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) memorise

    Verb

  • to learn by heart, commit to memory
  • *
  • * 2009 , A Practical Study of Argument (ISBN 0495603406), page 123:
    • Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
  • * 2009 , Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy (ISBN 006197157X), page 258:
    • She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

    Derived terms

    * memorization