Enjoyed vs Likable - What's the difference?
enjoyed | likable |
(enjoy)
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
, title= To have the use or benefit of something.
* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8
* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
To have sexual intercourse with.
Capable of being liked.
(of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.
As a verb enjoyed
is (enjoy).As an adjective likable is
capable of being liked.enjoyed
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Verb
(head)enjoy
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Verb
(en verb)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
- that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
- This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
- (Milton)
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeDerived terms
* enjoyable * enjoyment * to enjoy oneselflikable
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Alternative forms
* likeableAdjective
(en adjective)- I suppose he's likable ; why shouldn't he be?
- She's a naturally likable person, with lots of friends.