Compelling vs Appalling - What's the difference?
compelling | appalling |
Requiring urgent attention.
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As verbs the difference between compelling and appalling
is that compelling is present participle of lang=en while appalling is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between compelling and appalling
is that compelling is requiring urgent attention while appalling is horrifying and astonishing.compelling
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(en adjective)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.}}
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.}}
