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Challenging vs Engrossing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between challenging and engrossing

is that challenging is present participle of lang=en while engrossing is present participle of engross.

As adjectives the difference between challenging and engrossing

is that challenging is difficult, hard to do while engrossing is utterly consuming one's time and attention.

As nouns the difference between challenging and engrossing

is that challenging is the act of making a challenge while engrossing is the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

challenging

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult, hard to do.
  • Antonyms

    * unchallenging

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a challenge.
  • * Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)
  • There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

    See also

    * challenge

    engrossing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Present participle of engross
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
  • an engrossing documentary

    Synonyms

    * absorbing * fascinating

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.