different between fixated vs fixate

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fixated

fixated (comparative more fixated, superlative most fixated)

(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)

(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.

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