Appealing vs Cute - What's the difference?
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Having appeal; attractive.
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The act of making an appeal.
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Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
Affected]] or contrived to charm; [[mince#Verb, mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd; see (acute).
As adjectives the difference between appealing and cute
is that appealing is having appeal; attractive while cute is possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.As a verb appealing
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun appealing
is the act of making an appeal.appealing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
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
* appealinglyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Anagrams
*cute
English
(wikipedia)Adjective
(er)- Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young.
- Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls.
- Emma is so damn cute .
- The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor.
- Don't get cute with me, boy!
- Cute trick, but can you do it consistently?