different between rivet vs fascinate

English

Etymology

From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.

The sense "kind of footman's armour" is a back-formation from almain-rivet which in turn is derived from the English noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?t/
• Rhymes: -?v?t

Noun

rivet (plural rivets)

1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
2. (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
3. (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour.

Derived terms

• rivet counter
• pop rivet

Translations

Verb

rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)

1. (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
2. (transitive) To install rivets.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

4. (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.

   Terror riveted him to the spot.

Translations

See also

• riveters
• riveting
• riveter
• rivets
• riveted

Further reading

• rivet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Vitré, tiver

French

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.v?/

Noun

rivet m (plural rivets)

1. rivet (mechanical fastener)

Further reading

• “rivet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

r?vet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of r?v?

English

Etymology

From Latin fascin?tus, perfect passive participle of fascin? (“enchant, bewitch, fascinate”), from fascinum (“a phallus-shaped amulet worn around the neck used in Ancient Rome; witchcraft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæs?ne?t/

Verb

fascinate (third-person singular simple present fascinates, present participle fascinating, simple past and past participle fascinated)

1. To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.

2. To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind.
3. To be irresistibly charming or attractive to.

Derived terms

• fascinating

Related terms

• fascination

Translations

Italian

Noun

fascinate f

1. plural of fascinata

Latin

Verb

fascin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fascin?