Striking vs Pleasing - 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)
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
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Striking is a related term of pleasing.
As adjectives the difference between striking and pleasing
is that striking is making a strong impression while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.As verbs the difference between striking and pleasing
is that striking is while pleasing is .As nouns the difference between striking and pleasing
is that striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck while pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".striking
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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
*pleasing
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Synonyms
*Noun
- 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