Sociable vs Polite - What's the difference?
sociable | polite | Related terms |
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.
Well-mannered, civilized.
* (Alexander Pope)
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, title= (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
* (Isaac Newton)
(obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Sociable is a related term of polite.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between sociable and polite
is that sociable is (obsolete) no longer hostile; friendly while polite is (obsolete) smooth, polished, burnished.As adjectives the difference between sociable and polite
is that sociable is tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial while polite is well-mannered, civilized.As a verb polite is
(obsolete|transitive) to polish; to refine; to render polite.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)
Antonyms
* unsociable ----polite
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
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- 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)
