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

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)interested v. interesting allearsenglish

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.”

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

See this for interested and this for interesting.

Answer 1

All three explanations are legitimate yet take different approaches, and I could imagine finding all of them on a number of ESL grammar pages. However, my preference is making ESL grammar more accessible to learners. Therefore, I always aim for the most practicable explanation that is easy to understand and easy to use. Hence, to me, explanation B is the most attractive.

My personal explanation of this topic is that both "interested" and "interesting" are used like adjectives, and while "interested" describes how someone feels, "interesting" describes how someone or something is, i.e. feeling vs. characteristic. The same applies to many other adjectives that come with -ed and -ing endings, such as excited/ exciting, bored/ boring, fascinated/ fascinating, motivated/ motivating, etc.