Picturesque vs Attractive - What's the difference?
picturesque | attractive | Synonyms |
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
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Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
Picturesque is a synonym of attractive.
As adjectives the difference between picturesque and attractive
is that picturesque is resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting scenic while attractive is causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.picturesque
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Alternative forms
* picture-skew (humorous)Adjective
(en adjective)- We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.
Synonyms
* quaintQuotations
* (English Citations of "picturesque")Derived terms
* picturesquely * picturesquenessExternal links
* *attractive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- That's a very attractive offer.
- He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.