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Rivet vs Fascinate - What's the difference?

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Rivet is a related term of fascinate.


As verbs the difference between rivet and fascinate

is that rivet is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets while fascinate is to evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.

As a noun rivet

is a cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

rivet

English

(wikipedia rivet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
  • (figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
  • (obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)

    • Derived terms

    * rivet counter * pop rivet

    Verb

  • to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
  • to install rivets
  • to command the attention of.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.

    See also

    * riveters * riveting * riveter * rivets * riveted

    Anagrams

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    fascinate

    English

    Verb

    (fascinat)
  • To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone
    • The flickering TV fascinated the cat.
  • To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind
    • We were fascinated by the potter's skill.
  • To be irresistibly charming or attractive to
    • Her gait fascinates all men.