different between riveting vs suspicious

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

English

Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??sp?.??s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

suspicious (comparative more suspicious, superlative most suspicious)

1. Arousing suspicion.

   His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.

   • 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman

     If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.

3. Distrustful or tending to suspect.

   I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.

4. Expressing suspicion

   She gave me a suspicious look.

Synonyms

• questionable
• doubtful

Derived terms

• non-suspicious, nonsuspicious
• suspiciously
• suspiciousness

Related terms

• suspect
• suspicion
• unsuspecting

Translations

See also

• odd
• strange