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Breathtaking vs Captivating - What's the difference?

breathtaking | captivating |

As adjectives the difference between breathtaking and captivating

is that breathtaking is stunningly beautiful; amazing while captivating is that captivates; fascinating.

As a verb captivating is

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breathtaking

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • stunningly beautiful; amazing
    • He went to the and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
  • Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
    • breathtaking beauty/stupidity/rudeness

    Derived terms

    * breathtakingly

    captivating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that captivates; fascinating
  • beautiful; showing great beauty

    • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)