Neighbourly vs Polite - What's the difference?
neighbourly | polite | Related terms |
(British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
Well-mannered, civilized.
* (Alexander Pope)
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, title= (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
* (Isaac Newton)
(obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
As adjectives the difference between neighbourly and polite
is that neighbourly is showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour while polite is well-mannered, civilized.As a verb polite is
to polish; to refine; to render polite.neighbourly
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Alternative forms
* neighborly (US)Adjective
(en adjective)- She's so neighbourly that she always holds a welcoming party for new residents.
Derived terms
* neighbourliness, neighborlinesspolite
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
- rays of light falling on a polite surface
Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* impolite * rudeDerived terms
* over-polite * politeness * polite societyVerb
(polit)- (Ray)