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Fascinated vs Intriguing - What's the difference?

fascinated | intriguing |

As verbs the difference between fascinated and intriguing

is that fascinated is (fascinate) while intriguing is .

As an adjective intriguing is

causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

As a noun intriguing is

an intrigue.

fascinated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fascinate)

    • fascinate

    English

    Verb

    (fascinat)
  • To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone
    • The flickering TV fascinated the cat.
  • To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind
    • We were fascinated by the potter's skill.
  • To be irresistibly charming or attractive to
    • Her gait fascinates all men.

    intriguing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

    • Synonyms

    * fascinating, interesting, attractive

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intrigue.
  • * Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
    • In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings , the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.