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What is the difference between amenable and accountable?

amenable | accountable |

Accountable is a synonym of amenable.



As adjectives the difference between amenable and accountable

is that amenable is willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions while accountable is having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.

amenable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
  • Willing to comply with; agreeable.
  • (math, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.

    • Antonyms

    * unamenable

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    Anagrams

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    accountable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.
  • Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
  • Liable to be called on to render an account;
  • Being answerable for.
  • Being liable for.
  • (rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
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    • Synonyms

    * amenable, responsible, liable, answerable

    See also

    * hold to account