different between challenging vs inspiring

English

Etymology

From Middle English chalengyng; equivalent to challenge +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æl?nd???/, /?t?æl?nd???/

Verb

challenging

1. present participle of challenge

Adjective

challenging (comparative more challenging, superlative most challenging)

1. Difficult, hard to do.

Antonyms

• unchallenging

Translations

Noun

challenging (plural challengings)

1. The act of making a challenge.
   • 1918, Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)

     There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.

See also

• challenge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?spa?(?)???/
• Rhymes: -a??r??
• Hyphenation: in?spir?ing

Adjective

inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)

1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

Translations

Verb

inspiring

1. present participle of inspire

Noun

inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)

1. inspiration
   • 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

     From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.