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Pleasing vs Endearing - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between pleasing and endearing

is that pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification while endearing is inspiring love or affection, in a childlike way.

As nouns the difference between pleasing and endearing

is that pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing. while endearing is endearment.

As verbs the difference between pleasing and endearing

is that pleasing is present participle of lang=en while endearing is present participle of lang=en.

pleasing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

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    Noun

  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross

    Related terms

    * pleasant * pleasantly * satisfaction

    Verb

    (head)

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    endearing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inspiring love or affection, in a childlike way.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • endearment
  • * (Jack London)
    • It was arms around, and perpetual endearings , and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.

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