Difference between Interested and Curious

INTERESTED vs CURIOUS: ADJECTIVE

Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited.
Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced.
Having or showing interest.
Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
Possessing a right, claim, or stake.
Having or showing curiosity, fascination, or concern.
Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
Owning a share of a company.
Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

Eager to learn more.
Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Unduly inquisitive; prying.
Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness.
Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious.
Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.
Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
Magic.
Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.
Prompted by curiosity.
Unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre

Having an interest or share; having money involved: as, one interested in the funds.
Concerned in a cause or in consequences; hence, biased by personal considerations; concerned chiefly for one's private advantage; also, springing from or influenced by self-interest or selfishness: as, an interested witness.

To work curiously; elaborate.
Careful; nice; accurate; fastidious; precise; exacting; minute.
Wrought with or requiring care and art; neat; elaborate; finished: as, a curious work.
Exciting curiosity or surprise; awakening inquisitive interest; rare; singular; odd: as, a curious fact.
Inquisitive; desirous of seeing or knowing; eager to learn; addicted to research or inquiry; sometimes, in a disparaging sense, prying: as, a man of a curious mind: followed by after, of, in, or about, or an infinitive.
Synonyms. Strange, Surprising, etc. See wonderful. Curious, Inquisitive, Prying. Curious and inquisitive may be used in a good or a bad sense, but inquisitive is more often, and prying is only, found in the latter. Curious expresses only the desire to know; inquisitive, the effort to find out by inquiry; prying, the effort to find out secrets by looking and working in improper ways.
Having curiosity aroused

Wishing, Relevant, Attractive, Focused, Desiring, Committed, Engaged, Enthusiastic, Keen, Desirous, Receptive, Fascinated, Curious, Concerned, Involved

Prying, Singular, Queer, Nosey, Questioning, Snoopy, Funny, Interested, Unusual, Nosy, Odd, Peculiar, Inquisitive, Wondering, Strange

Willing, Wishing, Relevant, Attractive, Focused, Committed, Engaged, Enthusiastic, Keen, Desirous, Receptive, Fascinated, Curious, Concerned, Involved

Prying, Singular, Queer, Nosey, Questioning, Snoopy, Funny, Interested, Unusual, Nosy, Odd, Peculiar, Inquisitive, Wondering, Strange

ANAKIN: You seem quite interested in public service.
Would international schools be interested in my background?
Those who are interested may contact Datta temple.
Weltz personally is not interested in these experiments.
You might be interested in shortening your term.
President Trump was only interested in Ukraine aid.
What type of immigration are you interested in?
While they both are interested in telling us who created everything, neither are interested in telling us how he did it.
It will leave a bad impression and only make the interviewer more interested in your salary history and possibly less interested in you.
Transco states that copies of the filing are being mailed to each of its affected customers, interested State Commissions and other interested parties.

Are you curious enough to read the program?
Some sort of evolutionary defense against curious children.
Curious about how people park for Super Bowl?
Curious about data science, but a bit intimidated?
The curious nature is dominant in this phase.
Thus, a second curious story condition was created.
Curious about the different project managment software available?
Being curious may become unnecessary if the thing you are curious about are of no value or carries no weight.
Curious: We are intensely curious and are always seeking to challenge and improve upon the status quo.
Be Curious: We are curious, ask questions, seek to understand and try new things.