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Entertaining vs Riveting - What's the difference?

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Entertaining is a related term of riveting.


As adjectives the difference between entertaining and riveting

is that entertaining is very amusing; that entertains while riveting is commanding the attention of spectators.

As verbs the difference between entertaining and riveting

is that entertaining is while riveting is .

As nouns the difference between entertaining and riveting

is that entertaining is (archaic) entertainment while riveting is the act of joining with rivets.

entertaining

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very amusing; that entertains.
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    • , 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

    riveting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Commanding the attention of spectators.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of joining with rivets.
  • The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
  • A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
    • (Tomlinson)
    (the act of joining with rivets) Spanish: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) (the act of spreading out and clinching the end by beating or pressing) Spanish: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * butt riveting * chain riveting * crossed riveting * double riveting * lap riveting