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Graceful vs Captivating - What's the difference?

graceful | captivating | Related terms |

Graceful is a related term of captivating.


As adjectives the difference between graceful and captivating

is that graceful is having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion while captivating is that captivates; fascinating.

As a verb captivating is

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graceful

English

Alternative forms

* gracefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […]  The bed was the most extravagant piece.  Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}

    Antonyms

    * graceless * clumsy

    Derived terms

    * gracefulness

    captivating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that captivates; fascinating
  • beautiful; showing great beauty
  • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)