Pleasant vs Sociable - What's the difference?
pleasant | sociable | Related terms |
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
* Bible, Psalms cxxxiii. 1
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, title= Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
* Shakespeare
Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
(archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
* Hooker
(obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
Pleasant is a related term of sociable.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between pleasant and sociable
is that pleasant is (obsolete) a wit; a humorist; a buffoon while sociable is (obsolete) no longer hostile; friendly.As adjectives the difference between pleasant and sociable
is that pleasant is giving pleasure; pleasing in manner while sociable is tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.As a noun pleasant
is (obsolete) a wit; a humorist; a buffoon.pleasant
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant' as talking; just to watch was ' pleasant .}}
Synonyms
* niceAntonyms
* unpleasantDerived terms
* pleasantly * pleasantness * pleasantryStatistics
*sociable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
- Society is no comfort to one not sociable .
- a sociable party
- They are sociable parts united into one body.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)