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Interesting vs Entertaining - What's the difference?

interesting | entertaining |

As adjectives the difference between interesting and entertaining

is that interesting is arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone while entertaining is very amusing; that entertains.

As verbs the difference between interesting and entertaining

is that interesting is present participle of lang=en while entertaining is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun entertaining is

entertainment.

interesting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Arousing]] or holding the attention or [[interest#Noun, interest of someone.

    • Synonyms

    * absorbing

    Antonyms

    * uninteresting * boring

    Derived terms

    * interestingness * interesting condition

    Verb

    (head)

    • 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