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Engaging vs Tantalizing - What's the difference?

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Engaging is a related term of tantalizing.


As adjectives the difference between engaging and tantalizing

is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while tantalizing is teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.

As verbs the difference between engaging and tantalizing

is that engaging is while tantalizing 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)

    • tantalizing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.
  • * 1851 — , Ch. 133
  • *:...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.

    • Verb

    (head)