rapt vs transfixed

rapt

adj
  • Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed. 

  • Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy. 

  • Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven. 

transfixed

adj
  • Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. 

How often have the words rapt and transfixed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )