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Interested vs Considering - What's the difference?

interested | considering |

As verbs the difference between interested and considering

is that interested is (interest) while considering is .

As an adjective interested

is having or showing interest.

As a noun considering is

consideration.

As a preposition considering is

.

interested

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having or showing interest.
    • I'm very interested in going to see that play.
  • Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
    • they impressed my youthful mind with a sincere aversion to the northern inhabitants of Britain, as a people bloodthirsty in time of war, treacherous during truce, interested , selfish, avaricious, and tricky in the business of peaceful life, and having few good qualities [...].
  • Owning a share of a company.

    • See also

    * disinterested * uninterested

    Verb

    (head)
  • (interest)

    • considering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • consideration
  • * William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
    • This respite shook / The bosom of my conscience, enter'd me, / Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble / The region of my breast; which forced such way, / That many mazed considerings did throng / And press'd in with this caution.

    Preposition

    Synonyms

    * in view of