Entertaining vs Pleasing - What's the difference?
entertaining | pleasing | Related terms |
Very amusing; that entertains.
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(archaic) entertainment
* 1889 , George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
Entertaining is a related term of pleasing.
As adjectives the difference between entertaining and pleasing
is that entertaining is very amusing; that entertains while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.As verbs the difference between entertaining and pleasing
is that entertaining is while pleasing is .As nouns the difference between entertaining and pleasing
is that entertaining is (archaic) entertainment while pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".entertaining
English
Adjective
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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
pleasing
English
Synonyms
*Noun
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross