Amiable vs Compatible - What's the difference?
amiable | compatible | Related terms |
Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
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*:A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper; kindhearted; which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable person.
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*:A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
Capable of easy interaction.
Able to get along well.
Consistent; congruous.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 Something that is compatible with something else.
Amiable is a related term of compatible.
As adjectives the difference between amiable and compatible
is that amiable is friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas while compatible is capable of easy interaction.As a noun compatible is
something that is compatible with something else.amiable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* See (amicable).Synonyms
* likableDerived terms
() * amiability * amiableness * amiablyExternal links
* * * ----compatible
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}
Antonyms
* incompatibleDerived terms
* compatibilityNoun
(en noun)- a computer company that sells IBM compatibles