What's the difference between appealing and impressive?

Appealing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appeal
  • (a.) That appeals; imploring.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
  • (2) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
  • (3) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
  • (4) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
  • (5) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
  • (6) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
  • (7) Oscar Pistorius ‘to be released in August’ as appeal date is set for November Read more But the parole board at his prison overruled an emotional plea from the 29-year-old victim’s parents when it sat last week.
  • (8) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
  • (9) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
  • (10) It took years of prep work to make this sort of Übermensch thing socially acceptable, let alone hot – lots of “legalize it!” and “you are economic supermen!” appeals to the balled-and-entitled toddler-fists of the sociopathic libertechian madding crowd to really get mechanized mass-death neo-fascism taken mainstream .
  • (11) You could also chat to local estate agents to get an idea of what kind of extension, if any, would appeal to buyers in your area.
  • (12) Appealing to Sanders supporters, he said he was for “jobs, jobs, jobs”.
  • (13) It’s likely Xi’s brand of smart authoritarianism will keep not just his party in power but the whole show on the road If all this were to succeed as intended, western liberal democratic capitalism would have a formidable ideological competitor with worldwide appeal, especially in the developing world.
  • (14) A defence solicitor, Mike Schwarz from Bindmans, said his clients would be appealing to the high court.
  • (15) But right now all my focus is on Falkenbergs.” Larsson’s appeal to Celtic is clear.
  • (16) Its Google Preferred initiative, launched in October 2014, packages up its most popular channels into more appealing media buys for big brands.
  • (17) Given his background, Boyle says, growing up in a council house near Bury, with his two sisters (one a twin) and his strict and hard-working parents (his mum worked as a dinner lady at his school), he should by rights have been a gritty social realist, but that tradition never appealed to him.
  • (18) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
  • (19) Many cases before the commissioner remain unresolved, although those who wish to pursue matters to the tribunal as part of the transitional arrangements will not have to pay an additional fee to appeal to the tribunal.
  • (20) The attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, declined to say where in Philadelphia his client will live while prosecutors appeal the superior court ruling.

Impressive


Definition:

  • (a.) Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
  • (a.) Capable of being impressed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition, the guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate accumulation response was less impressive in glomeruli than the guanylate cyclase response in IMCD tissue.
  • (2) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
  • (3) During the interview process, nurse applicants frequently inquire about the availability of such a program and have been very favorably impressed when we have been able to offer them this approach to orientation.
  • (4) Nwakali, an attacking midfielder, was the player of the Under-17 World Cup in Chile last year, which Nigeria won, and at which his team-mate Chukwueze, a winger, also impressed.
  • (5) Ketazolam was found to be significantly better than placebo in alleviating anxiety and its concomitant symptomatology as measured by the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, three Physician's Global Impressions, two Patient's Global Impressions, and three Target Symptoms.
  • (6) Personal experience is recorded with two cases and the positive impressions of this operation.
  • (7) His words surprised some because of an impression that the US was unwilling to talk about these issues.
  • (8) It’s the small margins that have cost us.” There is more to it than that, of course, and Rooney gave the impression he had been hard on himself since the Uruguay game.
  • (9) The most reproducible instrument was the combination of Regisil, an elastic impression material, and a Rinn XCP bite block.
  • (10) (4) Electrical stimulation by cutaneous devices or implants can give much benefit to some patients in whom other methods have failed and there are indications, not only from anecdote and clinical impression but also now from experimental physiology, that it may benefit by mechanisms of interaction at the first sensory synapse.
  • (11) This is what we hope is the best golf tournament in the world, one of the greatest sporting events, and I think we will have a very impressive audience and have another great champion to crown this year."
  • (12) The orchestrated round of warnings from the Obama administration did not impress a coterie of senior Republicans who were similarly paraded on the talk shows, blaming the White House for having brought the country to the brink of yet another "manufactured crisis".
  • (13) Systolic time intervals measured after profuse sweating can give a false impression of cardiac function.
  • (14) Watford’s front two have impressed with their hard work, their technical quality and their interplay – a classic strike duo.
  • (15) The author differentiates between two modes of perception, one is the "expressive" mode, stabilizing and aiming at constancy, the other is the "impressive" mode, penetrating the self and aiming at identification with the percept.
  • (16) The results obtained by combined superficial freezing and intralesional stibogluconate injection were much more impressive than those obtained by each of the two modalities when used alone.
  • (17) Findings and impressions of a member of a British medical support group who toured the health services in newly independent Mozambique in September 1975.
  • (18) Forty impressions were poured with the disinfectant dental stone and a similar number were poured with a comparable, nondisinfectant stone.
  • (19) Our older population is the most impressive, self-sacrificing and imaginative part of our entire community.
  • (20) Two recently reported large scale clinical surveys support the impression that the new non-ionic low osmolality iodinated radiographic contrast media are indeed significantly safer for intravascular use than conventional agents.