Striking vs Engaging - What's the difference?
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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.
The act by which something strikes or is struck.
* 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
Striking is a related term of engaging.
As adjectives the difference between striking and engaging
is that striking is making a strong impression while engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.As verbs the difference between striking and engaging
is that striking is while engaging is .As a noun striking
is the act by which something strikes or is struck.striking
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- 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?
Anagrams
*engaging
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I found the first of the Harry Potter books a very engaging read.
- Beauty, of course, and a bright, engaging personality — or at least the ability to fake one — are prerequisites for entering the Miss World competition.