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Intriguing vs Engagement - What's the difference?

intriguing | engagement |

As nouns the difference between intriguing and engagement

is that intriguing is an intrigue while engagement is engagement.

As an adjective intriguing

is causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

As a verb intriguing

is .

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.

    engagement

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia engagement) (en noun)
  • (countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform
    • The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
  • (uncountable) connection or attachment
    • Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
  • (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
    • We are enjoying a long engagement , but haven't yet set a date.
  • In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
    • The engagement resulted in many casualties.
  • (fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
    • After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail .

    Derived terms

    * engagement ring

    Related terms

    * engage

    Derived terms

    * disengagement

    See also

    * battle * campaign ----