The difference between Absorbing and Engrossing

When used as adjectives, absorbing means engrossing, that sustains someone's interest, whereas engrossing means utterly consuming one's time and attention.


Engrossing is also noun with the meaning: the act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

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  1. Absorbing as an adjective:

    Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

    Examples:

    "An absorbing pursuit."

  2. Absorbing as an adjective (statistics, of a [[state]]):

    Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

  1. Absorbing as a verb:

  1. Engrossing as a verb:

  1. Engrossing as an adjective:

    Utterly consuming one's time and attention.

    Examples:

    "an engrossing documentary"

  1. Engrossing as a noun:

    The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

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