Dangerous vs Absorbing - What's the difference?
dangerous | absorbing |
Full of danger.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:If they incline to think you dangerous / To less than gods
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
(lb) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; / My lord to me is hard and dangerous .
(lb) Reserved; not affable.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:Of his speech dangerous
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=October 29
, author=Neil Johnston
, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn
, work=BBC Sport
(statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
As adjectives the difference between dangerous and absorbing
is that dangerous is full of danger while absorbing is engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.As a verb absorbing is
present participle of lang=en.dangerous
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Forby. Bartlett.
Synonyms
(full of danger) * hazardous * perilous * risky * unsafe * See alsoAntonyms
* (full of danger) safeAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsabsorbing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An absorbing pursuit.
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