Personable vs Amicable - What's the difference?
personable | amicable |
(of a person) Having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable.
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(legal) Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
Having capacity to take anything granted.
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
As adjectives the difference between personable and amicable
is that personable is having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable while amicable is showing friendliness or goodwill.personable
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Wise, warlike, personable , courteous, and kind.
- I admit him a personable man, for I have seen him; and I will suppose him courteous and agreeable.
- Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and personable against the shadowy woods, he called: "Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"
- I'm bound to admit that you're a personable young rascal, with the best manners I've met in a long time.
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- Aside from being incredibly funny and personable he is generous, kind and is great fun to play catch with.
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amicable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- They hoped to reach an amicable agreement.
- He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile.
Usage notes
Amicable is particularly used of relationships or agreements (especially legal proceedings, such as divorce), with meaning ranging from simply “not quarrelsome, mutually consenting” to “quite friendly”. By contrast, the similar term amiable is especially used to mean “pleasant, lovable”, such as an “amiable smile”.The Penguin Wordmaster Dictionary,'' Martin Manser and Nigel Turton, eds., 1987, cited in “Wordmaster: amiable, amicable]”, ''[http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/ all songs lead back t' the sea],23 Oct 2009, by [http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/author/itsmypulp/ NTWrong
