Charismatic vs Affable - What's the difference?
charismatic | affable |
Of, related to, or having charisma.
Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasises the role of the Holy Spirit.
Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
* 1912 : James Burrill Angell, , chapter ix "Mission To The Ottoman Empire"
Mild; benign.
* 1998 : Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse , page 84
As adjectives the difference between charismatic and affable
is that charismatic is of, related to, or having charisma while affable is receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.As a noun charismatic
is a member of such a Christian movement.charismatic
English
(wikipedia charismatic)Adjective
(en adjective)affable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...