different between picturesque vs compelling

English

Alternative forms

• picture-skew (humorous)

Etymology

From picture +? -esque, a calque of Italian pittoresco, from pittura (“a picture, painting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?kt?????sk/

Adjective

picturesque (comparative more picturesque, superlative most picturesque)

1. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

   We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.

2. Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:picturesque.

Synonyms

• quaint
• scenic

Derived terms

• picturesquely
• picturesqueness

Translations

Further reading

• picturesque in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• picturesque in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?p?l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

compelling

1. present participle of compel

Adjective

compelling (comparative more compelling, superlative most compelling)

1. Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
2. Forceful.

Translations

Noun

compelling (plural compellings)

1. 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.