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Congenial vs Conducive - What's the difference?

congenial | conducive |

As adjectives the difference between congenial and conducive

is that congenial is having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests while conducive is tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

congenial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
  • Friendly or sociable.
    • The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
  • Suitable to one's needs.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato'', in ''Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92 , page 453-468:
    • ''What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?

    Anagrams

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    conducive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
    • A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking.

    Antonyms

    * inconducive * unconducive

    See also

    * conduce