Engrossing vs Overpowering - What's the difference?
engrossing | overpowering | Related terms |
That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
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Engrossing is a related term of overpowering.
As verbs the difference between engrossing and overpowering
is that engrossing is present participle of engross while overpowering is .As adjectives the difference between engrossing and overpowering
is that engrossing is utterly consuming one's time and attention while overpowering is that overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.As a noun engrossing
is the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.overpowering
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(en adjective)citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}