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Agreeable vs Polite - What's the difference?

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Agreeable is a related term of polite.


As adjectives the difference between agreeable and polite

is that agreeable is pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful while polite is well-mannered, civilized.

As a noun agreeable

is something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.

As a verb polite is

(obsolete|transitive) to polish; to refine; to render polite.

agreeable

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful.
  • agreeable manners
    agreeable remarks
    an agreeable person
    fruit agreeable to the taste
  • * (rfdate) (Oliver Goldsmith):
  • A train of agreeable reveries.
  • (colloquial) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
  • * (rfdate) (Hugh Latimer):
  • These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.
  • Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; .
  • * (rfdate) (w, Roger L'Estrange):
  • That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another.
  • In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; (used adverbially)
  • Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

    Synonyms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
  • * 1855 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
  • The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.

    polite

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Well-mannered, civilized.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
  • He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
  • * , chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
  • (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
  • * (Isaac Newton)
  • rays of light falling on a polite surface

    Usage notes

    * The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * impolite * rude

    Derived terms

    * over-polite * politeness * polite society

    Verb

    (polit)
  • (obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
  • (Ray)

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