Tenacious vs Compelling - What's the difference?
tenacious | compelling |
clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
unwilling to yield or give up; dogged
holding together; cohesive
having a good memory; retentive
Requiring urgent attention.
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As adjectives the difference between tenacious and compelling
is that tenacious is clinging to an object or surface; adhesive while compelling is requiring urgent attention.As a verb compelling is
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(en adjective)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.}}
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.}}