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Engaging vs Congenial - What's the difference?

engaging | congenial |

As adjectives the difference between engaging and congenial

is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while congenial is having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

As a verb engaging

is .

engaging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
    • I found the first of the Harry Potter books a very engaging read.
  • Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
    • Beauty, of course, and a bright, engaging personality — or at least the ability to fake one — are prerequisites for entering the Miss World competition.

    Derived terms

    * engagingness * unengaging

    Synonyms

    * (that engages the attention) absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting * (charming) appealing, attractive, sweet

    Antonyms

    * (that engages the attention) boring, dull, unengaging, uninteresting * (charming) boorish, rude, uncivil, uncivilised

    Verb

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    • congenial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
  • Friendly or sociable.
    • The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
  • Suitable to one's needs.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato'', in ''Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92 , page 453-468:
    • ''What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?

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