different between pleasing vs riveting

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pli?z??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pliz??/
• Rhymes: -i?z??

Etymology 1

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please +? -ing.

Adjective

pleasing (comparative more pleasing, superlative most pleasing)

1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

Synonyms

• enjoyable
• gratifying
• satisfying

Derived terms

• pleasing fungus beetle

Related terms

Translations

Verb

pleasing

1. present participle of please.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please +? -ing.

Noun

pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)

1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Passion of our Blessed Saviour (sermon)

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]

Anagrams

• apelings, elapsing, leapings, pealings

English

Verb

riveting

1. present participle of rivet

Adjective

riveting (comparative more riveting, superlative most riveting)

1. Commanding the attention of spectators.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Translations

Noun

riveting (plural rivetings)

1. The act of joining with rivets.
2. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
3. A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
   • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.

Derived terms

• butt riveting
• chain riveting
• crossed riveting
• double riveting
• lap riveting

Translations

Anagrams

• tivering