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Provocative vs Captivating - What's the difference?

provocative | captivating | Synonyms |

Provocative is a synonym of captivating.


As adjectives the difference between provocative and captivating

is that provocative is serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating while captivating is that captivates; fascinating.

As a noun provocative

is .

As a verb captivating is

.

provocative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
  • Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury :
    • She used by way of Provocative , to read the wanton Verses of her (Paramour) in the day time [...].
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    captivating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that captivates; fascinating
  • beautiful; showing great beauty

    • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)