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Thesaurus vs Agreeable - What's the difference?

thesaurus | agreeable |

As nouns the difference between thesaurus and agreeable

is that thesaurus is thesaurus while agreeable is something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.

As an adjective agreeable is

pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful.

thesaurus

English

(wikipedia thesaurus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
    • "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus'' that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
  • (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  • (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

    • Synonyms

    * synonymicon

    Derived terms

    * thesaural

    See also

    * ontology * *

    External links

    * * * Roget's Thesaurus can be found at: http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri ----

    agreeable

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful.
    • agreeable manners
    agreeable remarks
    an agreeable person
    fruit agreeable to the taste
  • * (rfdate) (Oliver Goldsmith):
    • A train of agreeable reveries.
  • (colloquial) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
  • * (rfdate) (Hugh Latimer):
    • These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.
  • Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; .
  • * (rfdate) (w, Roger L'Estrange):
    • That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another.
  • In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; (used adverbially)
    • Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

    Synonyms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
  • * 1855 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
    • The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.

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