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Affable vs Outgoing - What's the difference?

affable | outgoing |

As adjectives the difference between affable and outgoing

is that affable is receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable while outgoing is comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.

As a noun outgoing is

the act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.

As a verb outgoing is

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affable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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"
    • 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.
  • Mild; benign.
  • * 1998 : Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse , page 84
    • During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree...

    Synonyms

    * accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious * benign, mild, warm

    Derived terms

    * affability * affableness * affably

    outgoing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.
    • Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.
  • * 2003 , Bernardo J. Carducci, Lisa Kaiser, The Shyness Breakthrough , page 124,
    • Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids.
  • * 1996 , Stanley I. Greenspan, Jacqueline Salmon, The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children , page 308,
    • The outgoing former leader may have difficulty slowing down, being reflective, and studying and may be insensitive in a close relationship.
  • * 2006 , Direct Selling Women's Alliance, More Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts , page 264,
    • Think of it this way: Some people are more outgoing , while others are more reserved.
  • * 2010 , Ruth Ames, This Totally Bites! , back cover,
    • Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents.
  • (not comparable) Going out, on its way out.
    • Is there any outgoing post?
  • * 1917 August 27, ,
    • In the neighborhood of each defensive sea area the following entrances are designated for incoming and outgoing' vessels: ''Atlantic''. Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: Canal prism.
  • * 1922 , ', Volume I, Part III,
    • There is struggle for food, accentuated by the fact that small items tend to be swept away by the outgoing tide or to sink down the slope to deep water.
  • * 1946 , , Chapter 26,
    • By KRIYA, the outgoing life force is not wasted and abused in the senses, but constrained to reunite with subtler spinal energies.
  • (not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
    • The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.
  • * 1893 , ,
    • that, by an arrangement between the outgoing' and incoming marshal, the latter was to have the fees earned upon all writs in the hands of the deputies of the former at the date the office changed hands. It further appeared that the ' outgoing marshal made no claim to these fees.
  • * 1957 , ,
    • The outgoing Board of Governors shall designate for membership on the Board the ten members most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials,
  • * 1998 , ,
    • As of this day too, the Seventh Development Cabinet is outgoing and to the ministers I express my thanks.

    Antonyms

    * incoming

    Derived terms

    * outgoingly * outgoingness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxv. 8
    • the outgoings of the morning and evening
  • * Jonathan Edwards
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense
  • The extreme limit; the place of ending.
  • * Bible, Josh, xviii. 19
    • The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.

    Synonyms

    * outgang

    Verb

    (head)

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