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Attractive vs Felicitous - What's the difference?

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Attractive is a related term of felicitous.


As adjectives the difference between attractive and felicitous

is that attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force while felicitous is fitting; happening at the right time.

attractive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
  • Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
  • That's a very attractive offer.
  • Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
  • He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.

    Synonyms

    * (causing attraction) magnetic * (having the power of charming) desirable * (pleasing or appealing to the senses) pretty, beautiful

    Antonyms

    * (having the power of charming) repulsive, ugly * (pleasing or appealing to the senses) repulsive, ugly * unattractive

    References

    * * ----

    felicitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fitting; happening at the right time.
  • Working out well.
  • (linguistics, of a sentence or utterance) Semantically and pragmatically coherent, fitting in the context.
  • This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous .

    Synonyms

    * (happening at the right time) appropriate, opportune, apt * (working out well) fortunate, opportune

    Antonyms

    * unfelicitous, grammatical/ungrammatical

    Derived terms

    * felicitously * felicitousness * unfelicitous