Congenial vs Tenable - What's the difference?
congenial | tenable |
Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
Friendly or sociable.
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:
capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
(of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
As adjectives the difference between congenial and tenable
is that congenial is having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests while tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded.congenial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
- ''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
*tenable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.