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Inhospitable vs Convivial - What's the difference?

inhospitable | convivial |

As adjectives the difference between inhospitable and convivial

is that inhospitable is not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly while convivial is of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.

inhospitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,
  • (of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

    • Derived terms

    * inhospitability * inhospitableness * inhospitably

    convivial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.
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