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Amusing vs Beguiling - What's the difference?

amusing | beguiling | Synonyms |

Amusing is a synonym of beguiling.


As verbs the difference between amusing and beguiling

is that amusing is while beguiling is .

As adjectives the difference between amusing and beguiling

is that amusing is entertaining while beguiling is that beguiles or beguile.

As a noun beguiling is

a beguilement.

amusing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Entertaining.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-21
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Your gift at Christmas will soon be junk , volume=188, issue=2, page=24 , date=2012-12-10 , magazine= citation , passage=They seem amusing on the first day of Christmas, daft on the second, embarrassing on the third. By the twelfth they're in landfill. For 30 seconds of dubious entertainment, or a hedonic stimulus that lasts no longer than a nicotine hit, we commission the use of materials whose impacts will ramify for generations.}}
  • Funny, hilarious.
  • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * unamusing

    Derived terms

    * amusingness

    beguiling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beguilement.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That beguiles or beguile.
  • * a beguiling look
  • * 2009 , , The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet , Pinguin Books, page 26:
  • I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?