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Compelling vs Engrossing - What's the difference?

compelling | engrossing |

As verbs the difference between compelling and engrossing

is that compelling is while engrossing is present participle of engross.

As adjectives the difference between compelling and engrossing

is that compelling is requiring urgent attention while engrossing is utterly consuming one's time and attention.

As a noun engrossing is

the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

compelling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Requiring urgent attention.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • Forceful.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= 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.}}

    Related terms

    * compel * compellingly

    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.