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Engaging vs Talkable - What's the difference?

engaging | talkable |

As adjectives the difference between engaging and talkable

is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while talkable is capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).

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

    (head)

    • talkable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
  • * 1996 , Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach
    • They are talkable -about as everyday matters and in the same way. They provide a common sociable topical resource that is readily available...
  • Capable of offering engaging conversation.
  • * 1861 , George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes
    • There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.
  • * 1902 , Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
    • But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.

    Antonyms

    * untalkable