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Entertaining vs Beguiling - What's the difference?

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Entertaining is a related term of beguiling.


As adjectives the difference between entertaining and beguiling

is that entertaining is very amusing; that entertains while beguiling is that beguiles or beguile.

As verbs the difference between entertaining and beguiling

is that entertaining is while beguiling is .

As nouns the difference between entertaining and beguiling

is that entertaining is (archaic) entertainment while beguiling is a beguilement.

entertaining

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very amusing; that entertains.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) entertainment
  • * 1889 , George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
    • As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday

    beguiling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beguilement.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That beguiles or beguile.
  • * a beguiling look
  • * 2009 , , The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet , Pinguin Books, page 26:
    • I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?