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What is the difference between approachable and accessible?

approachable | accessible |

As adjectives the difference between approachable and accessible

is that approachable is easily approached; easy to talk to while accessible is easy of access or approach; approachable.

approachable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Easily approached; easy to talk to.
    • Her boss was very approachable .

    Derived terms

    * approachability * approachableness

    accessible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easy of access or approach; approachable.
    • an accessible town or mountain
  • Easy to get along with.
  • Open to the influence of.
  • * Minds accessible to reason. - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • Obtainable; to be got at.
  • * The best information ... at present accessible . - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • (art, literature) Easily understood.
  • Capable of being used or seen.

    • Usage notes

    * (open to influence) Followed by to .

    Antonyms

    * inaccessible

    Derived terms

    * accessibility * accessibly