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Fascinating vs Mysterious - What's the difference?

fascinating | mysterious |

As adjectives the difference between fascinating and mysterious

is that fascinating is having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive while mysterious is of unknown origin.

As a verb fascinating

is .

fascinating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • mysterious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of unknown origin.
  • He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
  • Having unknown qualities.
  • Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
  • Difficult to understand.
  • Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious .
  • Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
  • Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.

    Derived terms

    * mysteriously * mysteriousness