Charming vs Attractive - What's the difference?
charming | attractive |
pleasant, charismatic
* {{quote-news
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, date=May 24
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, title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
, work=The Onion AV Club
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delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm
The casting of a magical charm.
* (Thomas Middleton)
Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
As adjectives the difference between charming and attractive
is that charming is pleasant, charismatic while attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.As a verb charming
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun charming
is the casting of a magical charm.charming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}
Antonyms
* (pleasant) dullSynonyms
* (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) sillyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
Anagrams
*attractive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That's a very attractive offer.
- He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.
