Engaging vs Winsome - What's the difference?
engaging | winsome | Synonyms |
That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
Charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner.
* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
Engaging is a synonym of winsome.
As adjectives the difference between engaging and winsome
is that engaging is that engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling while winsome is charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner.As a verb engaging
is .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.
Derived terms
* engagingness * unengagingSynonyms
* (that engages the attention) absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting * (charming) appealing, attractive, sweetAntonyms
* (that engages the attention) boring, dull, unengaging, uninteresting * (charming) boorish, rude, uncivil, uncivilisedVerb
(head)winsome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His bedside manner was especially winsome .
- Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see.