Exotic vs Attractive - What's the difference?
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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
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Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
(biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
(physics) Any exotic particle.
Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
Exotic is a related term of attractive.
As adjectives the difference between exotic and attractive
is that exotic is exotic while attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.exotic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
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Derived terms
* exotically * exoticness * exotic atom * exotic baryon * exotic cheroot * exotic dancer * exotic sphereNoun
(en noun)- Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics .
Derived terms
* invasive exoticExternal links
* (projectlink) * ----attractive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That's a very attractive offer.
- He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.