Answerable vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?

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Answerable is a related term of obnoxious.

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between answerable and obnoxious

is that answerable is (archaic) correspondent, in accordance; comparable ((to)) while obnoxious is (archaic) exposed to harm or injury.

As adjectives the difference between answerable and obnoxious

is that answerable is obliged to answer or be called to account ((to) somebody); accountable, responsible while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.

answerable

English

Alternative forms

* aunswerable (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Obliged to answer or be called to account ((to) somebody); accountable, responsible.

Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.

(archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable ((to)).

What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.

* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :

To this revelation he assented the sooner, as he confesses, because it was answerable to that of the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Prove all things, hold fast that which is good.

Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.

(rare) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable . --Johnson.

Derived terms

* answerability

Antonyms

* unanswerable

obnoxious

English

Alternative forms

* obnoctious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.

He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.

Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.

(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.

* 1661 , , page 26,

To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.