Amicable vs Pacific - What's the difference?
amicable | pacific |
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
Calm, peaceful.
Preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence; not bellicose.
As adjectives the difference between amicable and pacific
is that amicable is showing friendliness or goodwill while pacific is calm, peaceful.As a proper noun Pacific is
the Pacific Ocean.amicable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They hoped to reach an amicable agreement.
- He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile.
Usage notes
Amicable is particularly used of relationships or agreements (especially legal proceedings, such as divorce), with meaning ranging from simply “not quarrelsome, mutually consenting” to “quite friendly”. By contrast, the similar term amiable is especially used to mean “pleasant, lovable”, such as an “amiable smile”.The Penguin Wordmaster Dictionary,'' Martin Manser and Nigel Turton, eds., 1987, cited in “Wordmaster: amiable, amicable]”, ''[http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/ all songs lead back t' the sea],23 Oct 2009, by [http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/author/itsmypulp/ NTWrong