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Interesting vs Instructive - What's the difference?

interesting | instructive |

As adjectives the difference between interesting and instructive

is that interesting is arousing]] or holding the attention or [[interest#noun|interest of someone while instructive is conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

As a verb interesting

is .

As a noun instructive is

(linguistics) a case in the finnish language it expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

interesting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Arousing]] or holding the attention or [[interest#Noun, interest of someone.

    • Synonyms

    * absorbing

    Antonyms

    * uninteresting * boring

    Derived terms

    * interestingness * interesting condition

    Verb

    (head)

    • instructive

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
    • Well, that was an instructive lesson.

    Synonyms

    * informative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.