Engrossing vs Exclusive - What's the difference?
engrossing | exclusive |
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
exclusionary
whole, undivided, entire
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only'', ''solely'', or ''simply .
As adjectives the difference between engrossing and exclusive
is that engrossing is utterly consuming one's time and attention while exclusive is (literally) excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.As nouns the difference between engrossing and exclusive
is that engrossing is the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale while exclusive is information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.As a verb engrossing
is present participle of engross.exclusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Exclusive''' clubs tend to serve ' exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
- ''The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
Antonyms
* inclusive * non-exclusiveDerived terms
* exclusively * exclusiveness * exclusive or * exclusive right * exclusivity * mutually exclusiveNoun
(en noun)- ''The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature