different between compelling vs striking
compelling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?p?l??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Verb
compelling
- present participle of compel
Adjective
compelling (comparative more compelling, superlative most compelling)
- Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
- Forceful.
Translations
Noun
compelling (plural compellings)
- An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.
Related terms
- compel
- compellingly
References
- compelling at OneLook Dictionary Search
- compelling in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
compelling From the web:
- what compelling means
- what does compelling mean
- what is meant by compelling
striking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?a?k??/
- Rhymes: -a?k??
Adjective
striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)
- Making a strong impression.
- 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.
- 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):
- This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
Translations
Verb
striking
- present participle of strike
Noun
striking (plural strikings)
- 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?
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
Anagrams
- skirting
striking From the web:
- what striking means
- what does striking mean
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