What's the difference between engrossed and intrigued?

Engrossed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Engross

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thorny issues of racism on the catwalk, of the impact of fashion on our relationship with food, of the decreasing relevance of the traditional catwalk show in the digital age, and of the bloated size of the fashion industry are the topics engrossing the front row.
  • (2) By abusing his power, he was engrossed in irregularities and corruption, had improper relations with several women and was wined and dined at back parlours of deluxe restaurants.
  • (3) Jérôme Boucer, who was engrossed in the gig nearer the stage, assumed the “pop, pop, pop” sound was part of the show – a firecracker perhaps.
  • (4) In 90 engrossing minutes came comedy, controversy, drama, breathtaking moments and an eye-catching turn from the star protagonist himself.
  • (5) His efforts have included telling the country’s top internet official on a visit to Facebook’s California headquarters in 2014 that he was engrossed in the collected speeches of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
  • (6) "This conduct is gross disservice to Chinua Achebe and disrespectful of the life-engrossing occupation known as literature.
  • (7) Anyone interested in Eritrea should read Michela Wrong’s engrossing book, I Didn’t Do it For You , which chronicles the country’s turbulent history from its days as an Italian colony, its time as a UN trust territory, and its 30-year struggle for independence from Ethiopia.
  • (8) For much of the watching world, the contest between these competing views has been far more engrossing than anything on the pitch.
  • (9) Under Hyman, Serco became steadily engrossed by its own financial performance.
  • (10) "Strong characters coupled with delicately woven personal and political storylines have kept our audiences hooked on a Saturday night, and the final season will be equally as engrossing," promised Richard Klein, controller of BBC Four.
  • (11) And while the scene the duchess saw in production was "not really a dramatic scene," the actor admitted, Camilla, who described herself as an addict of the series, seemed engrossed.
  • (12) It is easy to see why players bounce off Klopp and indeed it was tempting to wonder if Chelsea’s despondent players were casting the occasional envious glance at the German, whose energetic and engrossing touchline demeanour offered a welcome shade of light next to José Mourinho ’s dark scowl.
  • (13) Protection for women riders Whilst the UCI have spent the past 10 years trying to defend the indefensible Armstrong position, with time wasting actions such as suing Paul Kimmage for libel after Kimmage dared to bring their "good name" into disrepute; whilst they have been so engrossed trying to find receipts for the equipment they bought after Lance made donations to them and suing Floyd Landis after he blew the whistle and holding press conferences calling Landis a liar.
  • (14) Extra-time had more grit than grace, as it became clear that a single chance would probably be enough to win an engrossing but never wide open game.
  • (15) Some of these engineering objects engross the mollusks's population.
  • (16) Down-time outside work is an engrossing movie, and a jog or game of squash, plus quality time with my family.
  • (17) He had found an absorbing occupation, engrossed in ideas and causes, peopled by intellectuals and writers from other backgrounds.
  • (18) Rosewater is an engrossing and pacy film that tells the true story of Iranian-born journalist Maziar Bahari , who was arrested and tortured in Iran in 2009, after sending footage of street riots to the BBC.
  • (19) Richard Herring is also back for what must be approaching his thousandth fringe, with a revival of his engrossing todger-based spectacular Talking Cock.
  • (20) Frantic, ridiculous and utterly engrossing, it's available via eShop, PSN and Xbox Live.

Intrigued


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Intrigue

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is an intriguing moment: the new culture secretary, Sajid Javid, who was brought in to replace Maria Miller last month, is something of an unknown quantity.
  • (2) So I am, of course, intrigued about the city’s newest tourist attraction: a hangover bar, open at weekends, in which sufferers can come in and have a bit of a lie down in soothingly subdued lighting, while sipping vitamin-enriched smoothies.
  • (3) In this review, Warner Greene and colleagues discuss recent studies that have revealed an intriguing molecular interplay between two pathogenic human retroviruses, HIV-1 and HTLV-1, and certain cellular genes that normally control T-cell growth.
  • (4) Most intriguing of all is the potential for the mould to "expect" changes in its environment.
  • (5) The reports of rod-dominated psychophysical spectral sensitivity from the deprived eye of monocularly lid-sutured (MD) monkeys are intriguing but difficult to reconcile with the absence of any reported deprivation effects in retina.
  • (6) I was intrigued, and spent the next few weeks getting my teeth into the subject.
  • (7) Whether committed glial cells in situ can be induced to switch their lineage when normal CNS conditions are altered is an intriguing question that remains to be answered.
  • (8) The sustained regenerative responses are considered intriguing and may have relevance both for head-injured humans and for future studies of central nervous system regeneration.
  • (9) It also intrigues me that the reaction of some women when challenged on this question so uncannily echoes the defence of sexist men in the 60s and 70s: come off it, love, it's just a bit of harmless fun.
  • (10) The breathtaking response of the geosphere as the great ice sheets crumbled might be considered as providing little more than an intriguing insight into the prehistoric workings of our world, were it not for the fact that our planet is once again in the throes an extraordinary climatic transformation – this time brought about by human activities.
  • (11) Lastly, we can expect greater clarification about the importance of various 11q13 genes found coamplified in nearly 20% of primary breast cancers, and pursuit into the intriguing possibility that a cyclin-encoding gene represents the overexpressed locus of real interest in this amplicon.
  • (12) As a nod to the me-centred world we live in, the exhibition will also feature the responses to an altogether more contemporary Mass Observation directive from 2012, intriguingly entitled Photography and You , which was specially commissioned for the Photographers' Gallery show.
  • (13) I cannot see anything before October, or even the end of the year, because there remain some difficult topics to resolve.” Lozano is most intriguing on two things: the issue of justice, and what he sees as a potential impasse over economic policy and the role of multinational corporations, especially those wanting to extract Colombia’s significant riches in gold, emeralds, coal, hydrocarbons and minerals, or turn grassland into palm oil plantations.
  • (14) The repositioning of Ashley Young is particularly intriguing given that Sir Alex Ferguson uses him as a right-footed left-winger at Manchester United.
  • (15) That was the thing that intrigued us: rewarding obscure knowledge, while allowing people to also give obvious answers.
  • (16) Narcolepsy, with its specific symptomatology is an intriguing but often frightening disease.
  • (17) The production of the latter chemotaxin by mononuclear phagocytes is especially intriguing as these cells can mediate inflammatory cell migration by either directly generating IL-8, or by inducing its production from surrounding nonimmune cells.
  • (18) The journalist went on to make an intriguing and chilling comparison: "There was a guy who lived in a country in Europe back in the twenties and thirties and into the forties.
  • (19) This finding raises the intriguing possibility that protein-S might play a role in bone turnover and bone mass.
  • (20) "It may well have been entertaining or it may well not have been entertaining, but what I find the most intriguing point is that he went to work and thought it might be.