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Picturesque vs Striking - What's the difference?

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Picturesque is a synonym of striking.


As adjectives the difference between picturesque and striking

is that picturesque is resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting scenic while striking is making a strong impression.

As a verb striking is

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As a noun striking is

the act by which something strikes or is struck.

picturesque

English

Alternative forms

* picture-skew (humorous)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
    • We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
  • * 1900 , , Chapter I,
    • 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

    * quaint

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "picturesque")

    Derived terms

    * picturesquely * picturesqueness

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    striking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
  • :
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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