Are the words interesting and interested related or different please choose from one of the three answers below

Question

A)Yes, they're related. They're both participles of the verb "to interest."

"Interested" is the past participle of the verb "to interest" and is often used as an adjective.

"Interesting" is the present participle of the verb "to interest" and is also often used as an adjective, albeit with different effect.

The adjectival difference between "interested" and "interesting" is "interested" describes one as having interest, one who something interests, whereas "interesting" describes what or who it is that elicits interest (i.e., What the interested person is interested in is what is interesting.)

B)Related yes, but with different meanings.

When talking about yourself or your feelings, use the –ed ending. “I am interested in music.” When talking about others or something outside yourself, use the –ing ending. “That music is interesting.”

C)Putting aside the grammatical difference, the semantic difference is as follows: Interestedis an adjective meaning "concerned, affected; having an interest, concern, or share in something.” Interesting is also an adjective but it means "arousing interest." Therefore, one is interested insomething, and usually this thing will be interesting.

Answer 1

Yes, indeed it is!

First of all, as they say, "knowledge is power." Well, let me modify that slightly, The ability to think, to reason effectively and incisively (i.e., deeply, critically) is really one of the most important things one can learn. This ability will stand you in good stead your entire life. What the "ability to think" means is that you know how to ask the right questions. I mean, if you don't have the question to work with, how can you come up with a good, precise or accurate answer?

Key point: By the "ability to think," I'm not referring to native intelligence. I'm referring to LEARNING how to think effectively. When you can do that, then doing research for a paper, seeking the answer to a puzzling question - it all becomes easier, the answers to questions begin to flow to you - and in fact, the whole process of thinking becomes quite exciting!

So if I can help someone with improving his or her ability to think, learn how to go about analyzing a problem or to question effectively and efficiently, then I feel like I've really given my student an important lesson -- a gift, in fact! And doing that gives me great satisfaction, it's true.