Engage vs. Interest

Engageverb

To interact socially.

Engageverb

To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.

Engageverb

To draw into conversation.

Engageverb

To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).

Engageverb

(heading) To interact antagonistically.

Engageverb

(transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).

Engageverb

(intransitive) To enter into battle.

Engageverb

(heading) To interact contractually.

Engageverb

(transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).

Engageverb

(intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).

Engageverb

(transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) usually in passive.

Engageverb

To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

Engageverb

(heading) To interact mechanically.

Engageverb

To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).

Engageverb

To come into gear with.

Engageverb

(intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

Engageverb

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.

Engageverb

To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

Engageverb

To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

Engageverb

To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

Engageverb

To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

Engageverb

To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

Engageverb

To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

Engageverb

To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

Engageverb

To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

Engageverb

To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Engageverb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;

Engageverb

engage or engross wholly;

Engageverb

engage or hire for work;

Engageverb

ask to represent; of legal counsel;

Engageverb

give to in marriage

Engageverb

get caught;

Engageverb

as of wars, battles, or campaigns;

Engageverb

as of aid, help, services, or support

Engageverb

engage for service under a term of contract;

Engageverb

keep engaged;

Engageverb

occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention)

Engageverb

involve someone in (a conversation or discussion)

Engageverb

participate or become involved in

Engageverb

establish a meaningful contact or connection with

Engageverb

arrange to employ or hire (someone)

Engageverb

pledge or enter into a contract to do something

Engageverb

reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.) in advance

Engageverb

(with reference to a part of a machine or engine) move into position so as to come into operation

Engageverb

(of fencers or swordsmen) bring (weapons) together preparatory to fighting.

Engageverb

enter into combat with (an enemy)

Engageadjective

(of a writer or artist) committed to a particular aim or cause.

Interestnoun

The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

Interestnoun

(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.

Interestnoun

(uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

Interestnoun

(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.

Interestnoun

(countable) Something one is interested in.

Interestnoun

Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.

Interestnoun

(usually plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.

Interestverb

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.

Interestverb

To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

Interestverb

(obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

Interestverb

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

Interestverb

To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; - often used impersonally.

Interestverb

To cause or permit to share.

Interestnoun

Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern; a desire to learn more about a topic or engage often in an activity.

Interestnoun

Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

Interestnoun

Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.

Interestnoun

A fee paid for the use of money; a fee paid for a loan; - usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.

Interestnoun

Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.

Interestnoun

The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Interestnoun

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something;

Interestnoun

the power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.);

Interestnoun

a reason for wanting something done;

Interestnoun

a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed;

Interestnoun

a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly);

Interestnoun

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something;

Interestnoun

(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims;

Interestverb

excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

Interestverb

be on the mind of;

Interestverb

be of importance or consequence;

Interest

Interest, in finance and economics, is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of an amount above repayment of the principal sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular rate. It is distinct from a fee which the borrower may pay the lender or some third party.