Enchanting vs Affable - What's the difference?
enchanting | affable | Related terms |
Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
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
Enchanting is a related term of affable.
As adjectives the difference between enchanting and affable
is that enchanting is having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful while affable is receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.As a verb enchanting
is .As a noun enchanting
is an act of enchantment.enchanting
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.
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...