Entertaining vs Compelling - What's the difference?
entertaining | compelling |
Very amusing; that entertains.
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(archaic) entertainment
* 1889 , George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
Requiring urgent attention.
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As adjectives the difference between entertaining and compelling
is that entertaining is very amusing; that entertains while compelling is requiring urgent attention.As verbs the difference between entertaining and compelling
is that entertaining is while compelling is .As a noun entertaining
is (archaic) entertainment.entertaining
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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)- 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
compelling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.}}
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.}}