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Engaging vs Interactive - What's the difference?

engaging | interactive |

As adjectives the difference between engaging and interactive

is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while interactive is acting with each other.

As a verb engaging

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun interactive is

a feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.

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

    (head)

    • interactive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting with each other.
    • Two interactive systems.
  • (computer science) Responding to the user.
    • Interactive user interface

    Derived terms

    * interaction * interactivity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 26, author=Laurel Graeber, title=Spare Times: For Children, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The show includes computer interactives , animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification). }} ----