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Absorbing vs Appealing - What's the difference?

absorbing | appealing | Related terms |

Absorbing is a related term of appealing.


As adjectives the difference between absorbing and appealing

is that absorbing is engrossing, that sustains someone's interest while appealing is having appeal; attractive.

As verbs the difference between absorbing and appealing

is that absorbing is while appealing is .

As a noun appealing is

the act of making an appeal.

absorbing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
    • An absorbing pursuit.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing , fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.}}
  • (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

    • Synonyms

    * engrossing * fascinating * See also

    Verb

    (head)

    • References

    appealing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having appeal; attractive.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start. }}

    Derived terms

    * appealingly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making an appeal.
  • * 1866 , Heros von Borcke, Memoirs of the Confederate War for independence
    • The fair creature abandoned her position, and in the midst of her bitter tears and pathetic appealings , which my sense of duty alone enabled me to resist, I bore my prisoner off.

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