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Addicted vs Addicting - What's the difference?

addicted | addicting |

As adjectives the difference between addicted and addicting

is that addicted is being physically or psychologically dependent on something while addicting is (us) causing addiction.

As verbs the difference between addicted and addicting

is that addicted is (addict) while addicting is or addicting can be .

addicted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being physically or psychologically dependent on something.
    • He is addicted to the Internet.
    She became more addicted to crack than she had ever been to heroin.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (addict)

    • addicting

    English

    Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US) Causing addiction.
  • * {{quote-news, 1936, June 1, quotee=Nathan Browne Eddy, , Morphine Substitutes, Time citation
    • , passage=whether any of the substances possess addicting properties is very difficult to determine on animals, although efforts are being made to study this aspect of the problem on dogs and monkeys.}}
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    • Usage notes

    * Considered non-standard outside of the United States. * (term) also has the meaning "characterised'' by addiction", as in "an ''addictive personality", which (addicting) does not.

    Synonyms

    * addictive

    Derived terms

    * addictingly * nonaddicting * readdicting

    References

    * Dictionaries without an entry for this adjective include: Larousse Gran Diccionario Inglés-Español/Spanish-English, ''Merriam-Webster Online'', ''MSN Encarta Dictionary'', ''Webster’s Third New World International Dictionary'', ''American Heritage Dictionary'' (online), ''Random House Dictionary (online). * However, it is in the Oxford English Dictionary'' where it is listed as ''informal , with citations going back to 1939. *

    Verb

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