Merited vs Acceptable - What's the difference?
merited | acceptable | Related terms |
deserved
* {{quote-news, year=2014
, date=November 14
, author=Stephen Halliday
, title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero
, work=The Scotsman
(merit)
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
Merited is a related term of acceptable.
As adjectives the difference between merited and acceptable
is that merited is deserved while acceptable is capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.As a verb merited
is (merit).merited
English
Adjective
(head)- It was a merited reward.
citation, page= , passage=Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.}}