fixate vs attend

fixate and attend both are verbs.

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

As verbs, attend is a hypernym of fixate; that is, attend is a word with a broader meaning than fixate:

Other hypernyms of fixate include advert, give ear, hang, pay heed.

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