different between interesting vs imaginative

English

Etymology

From interest +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nt??st??/, /??nt??st??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt???st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt(?)??st??/, /??nt???st??/
• ,

Adjective

interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)

1. (obsolete) Of concern; affecting, important.
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 48:

     He indeed had good reason to be offended; for though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good, he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy, which had been entrusted to him in conference […] .

2. Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
   • 2015-11-22, Stan Lee, "Marvel's Stan Lee: 'I'd never really thought of doing comics for a living.'", The Guardian:

     Comics were just another form of entertainment to me, but it got to be more and more interesting every day.

3. (euphemistic) Pregnant. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     I found myself in a fair way of being a mother; and that I might be near my own relations, in such an interesting situation, I and my dear companion departed from H—n, not without great reluctance […] .

   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:

     Mrs Lenville (who, as has been before hinted, was in an interesting state) rushed from the rear rank of ladies, and uttering a piercing scream threw herself upon the body.

   • 1928, WB Maxwell, We Forget Because We Must:

     I'm afraid I seem to make heavy weather of my interesting condition.

Synonyms

• absorbing

Antonyms

• uninteresting
• boring

Derived terms

• interesting condition
• interestingly
• interestingness

Translations

Verb

interesting

1. present participle of interest

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin im?gin?t?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæd???n?t?v/, /-?n?t?v/, /??mæd??n?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ima?gi?na?tive

Adjective

imaginative (comparative more imaginative, superlative most imaginative)

1. Having a lively or creative imagination.
2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
3. False or imagined.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.?i.na.tiv/
• Homophone: imaginatives

Adjective

imaginative

1. feminine singular of imaginatif

Latin

Adjective

im?gin?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of im?gin?t?vus