Interested
Interested adjective - Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern.
Researching and interested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Researching" instead an adjective "Interested".
Researching
Interested and researching are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interested" instead an adjective "Researching".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Dr. Rochelle in The Return of Swamp Thing, who is more interested about causing mutations than researching the key to eternal life like his boss would want him to.
Source: Mad Scientist -
There still appears to be a masquerade around, however: The Izzet League is researching something that their guildmaster is really interested in, and nobody outside the guild seem to know what.
Source: Masquerade - He was interested first by the fact he'd selected a book by his namesake, Colin Wilson, which covered the subject field he was researching.
Source: There Are No Coincidences
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