Amiable vs Pleasing - What's the difference?
amiable | pleasing | 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.
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
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Amiable is a related term of pleasing.
As adjectives the difference between amiable and pleasing
is that amiable is friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.As a noun pleasing is
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".As a verb pleasing is
.amiable
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* See (amicable).Synonyms
* likableDerived terms
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- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross