different between exacting vs involved

English

Etymology

exact +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zækt??/
• Rhymes: -ækt??
• Hyphenation: ex?act?ing

Adjective

exacting (comparative more exacting, superlative most exacting)

1. Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.
2. (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
3. (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.

Synonyms

• (difficult to satisfy): demanding
• (requiring precise accuracy, effort, care, or attention): demanding, niggly, pernickety
• (characterized by exaction): acquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious

Translations

Verb

exacting

1. Present participle and gerund of exact.

Derived terms

• exactingly
• exactingness

See also

• Thesaurus:fastidious
• Thesaurus:meticulous

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• Hyphenation: in?volved

Adjective

involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)

1. complicated.

   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 43

     Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.

2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

   He was involved in the project for three years.

   He got involved in a bar fight.

   When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.

3. Having an affair with someone.

Derived terms

• involvedly
• involvedness

Translations

Verb

involved

1. simple past tense and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.