Engaging vs Pleasing - What's the difference?
engaging | pleasing | Related terms |
That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
Engaging is a related term of pleasing.
As adjectives the difference between engaging and pleasing
is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.As verbs the difference between engaging and pleasing
is that engaging is while pleasing is .As a noun pleasing is
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".engaging
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Adjective
(en adjective)- I found the first of the Harry Potter books a very engaging read.
- 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 * unengagingSynonyms
* (that engages the attention) absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting * (charming) appealing, attractive, sweetAntonyms
* (that engages the attention) boring, dull, unengaging, uninteresting * (charming) boorish, rude, uncivil, uncivilisedVerb
(head)pleasing
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Synonyms
*Noun
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross