Amenities vs Humanities - What's the difference?
amenities | humanities |
(pluralonly) The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.
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* 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 24:
the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc., but not the sciences
As nouns the difference between amenities and humanities
is that amenities is while humanities is .amenities
English
Noun
(head)- "I trust that you are as comfortable as circumstances permit," said Holmes when the final arrangements were made. "Should I be guilty of a liberty if I lit a cigar and placed it between your lips?"
- But all amenities were wasted upon the angry German.
- When we got to Sullivan Street Mrs. Ricci was waiting in front with a glare in her eye that made me decide not to stop for any amenities .