attend vs fixate

attend and fixate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attend	No	No	Yes	No
fixate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fixate is a hyponym of attend; that is, fixate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attend:

attend (verb)	fixate (verb)
give heed (to)	become fixed (on)
work for, or be a servant to	make fixed, stable or stationary
take charge of or deal with	pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.	attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result