Amusing vs Engrossing - What's the difference?
amusing | engrossing | Synonyms |
Entertaining.
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Funny, hilarious.
Amusing is a synonym of engrossing.
As verbs the difference between amusing and engrossing
is that amusing is while engrossing is present participle of engross.As adjectives the difference between amusing and engrossing
is that amusing is entertaining while engrossing is utterly consuming one's time and attention.As a noun engrossing is
the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.amusing
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(en adjective)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.’}}
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.}}