Exotic vs Charming - 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.
pleasant, charismatic
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delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm
The casting of a magical charm.
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Exotic is a related term of charming.
As adjectives the difference between exotic and charming
is that exotic is exotic while charming is pleasant, charismatic.As a verb charming is
.As a noun charming is
the casting of a magical charm.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) * ----charming
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* (pleasant) dullSynonyms
* (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) sillyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
