ٰInfatuate
verbA young man meets someone at a party. He knows almost nothing about her, but he cannot stop thinking about her. He imagines a future together, checks his phone every minute for a message, and feels nervous excitement every time she walks by. His feelings are very strong, but they are based on fantasy, not on real knowledge of her character. What is happening to the young man? He is infatuated (he has become infatuated with her).
Infatuate means to inspire an intense but short‑lived passion or admiration, often based on idealization rather than reality. Enrapture, by contrast, means to fill with overwhelming joy and pleasure, typically through genuine beauty or excellence, without the sense of foolishness or unreality. So, infatuate focuses on irrational, often fleeting attraction. Enrapture focuses on deep, authentic joy. In other words, a celebrity crush may infatuate a teenager; a magnificent sunset may enrapture a painter.
She became infatuated with a boy she met on vacation, but the feeling faded after a month.
The young actress was infatuated with the idea of fame, not the work itself.
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