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Cogent vs Captivating - What's the difference?

cogent | captivating |

As adjectives the difference between cogent and captivating

is that cogent is reasonable and convincing; based on evidence while captivating is that captivates; fascinating.

As a verb captivating is

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cogent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
  • Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
  • Forcefully persuasive.
    • She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.

    Derived terms

    * cogency

    captivating

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)