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Striking vs Entertaining - What's the difference?

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Striking is a related term of entertaining.


As adjectives the difference between striking and entertaining

is that striking is making a strong impression while entertaining is very amusing; that entertains.

As verbs the difference between striking and entertaining

is that striking is while entertaining is .

As nouns the difference between striking and entertaining

is that striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck while entertaining is (archaic) entertainment.

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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    entertaining

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Very amusing; that entertains.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) entertainment
  • * 1889 , George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
  • As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday