Accessible vs Affable - What's the difference?
accessible | affable | Synonyms |
Easy of access or approach; approachable.
Easy to get along with.
Open to the influence of.
* Minds accessible to reason. - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
Obtainable; to be got at.
* The best information ... at present accessible . - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
(art, literature) Easily understood.
Capable of being used or seen.
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
* 1912 : James Burrill Angell, , chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
Mild; benign.
* 1998 : Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse , page 84
Affable is a synonym of accessible.
As adjectives the difference between accessible and affable
is that accessible is easy of access or approach; approachable while affable is receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.accessible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an accessible town or mountain
Usage notes
* (open to influence) Followed by to .Antonyms
* inaccessibleDerived terms
* accessibility * accessiblyaffable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...