different between winsome vs endearing

English

Etymology

From Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“beautiful; agreeable, gracious, pleasant; generous; of situations: favourable, propitious”), from Old English wynsum (“joyful, merry, pleasant; winsome”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam (“joyful”); synchronically analyzable as winne (“delight, joy, pleasure”) +? -some.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?n.s(?)m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?n.s?m/
• Hyphenation: win?some

Adjective

winsome (comparative winsomer, superlative winsomest)

1. Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
   • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter IX:

     […] lifting her winsome eyes to my face with that sort of look which turns off bad temper, even when one has all the right in the world to indulge it.

Related terms

• winly
• winne
• winsomely
• winsomeness

Translations

Further reading

• winsome (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Owenism

English

Etymology

endear +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?d?????/, /?n-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /in?d??i?/
• Rhymes: -??r??
• Hyphenation: en?dear?ing

Adjective

endearing (comparative more endearing, superlative most endearing)

1. Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way.

   Synonym: cute

   Antonym: unendearing

Derived terms

Related terms

• endear
• endearer
• endearment

Translations

Noun

endearing (plural endearings)

1. Synonym of endearment.

Verb

endearing

1. present participle of endear.

Anagrams

• Grenadine, engrained, grenadine