Engaging vs Polite - What's the difference?
engaging | polite | Related terms |
That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
Well-mannered, civilized.
* (Alexander Pope)
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, title= (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
* (Isaac Newton)
(obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Engaging is a related term of polite.
As adjectives the difference between engaging and polite
is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while polite is well-mannered, civilized.As verbs the difference between engaging and polite
is that engaging is while polite is (obsolete|transitive) to polish; to refine; to render polite.engaging
English
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)polite
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
- rays of light falling on a polite surface
Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* impolite * rudeDerived terms
* over-polite * politeness * polite societyVerb
(polit)- (Ray)