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Catchy vs Captivating - What's the difference?

catchy | captivating |

As adjectives the difference between catchy and captivating

is that catchy is instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase) while captivating is that captivates; fascinating.

As a verb captivating is

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catchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” }}

    captivating

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)