Difference between Fascinate and Beguile

What is the difference between Fascinate and Beguile?

Fascinate as a verb is to evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone while Beguile as a verb is to deceive or delude (using guile).

Fascinate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind To be irresistibly charming or attractive to

Example sentence: People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see if there's an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there's a tan line and the skin is pressed down where's he's worked a ring off his finger.

Beguile

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deceive or delude (using guile).To charm, delight or captivate.

We hope you now know whether to use Fascinate or Beguile in your sentence.

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