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Welcome vs Amiable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between welcome and amiable

is that welcome is whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company while amiable is friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.

As an interjection welcome

is Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

As a verb welcome

is to affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

As a noun welcome

is the act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

welcome

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Verb

    (welcom)
  • To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
  • To accept something willingly or gladly.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
  • :
  • *(William Cowper) (1731-1800)
  • *:When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
  • Producing gladness.
  • :
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome , kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. 
  • Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
  • The utterance of such a greeting.
  • Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
  • We entered the house and found a ready welcome .
  • * Shenstone
  • his warmest welcome at an inn
  • * South
  • Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.

    Derived terms

    * wear out one's welcome * welcome wagon * you're welcome 1000 English basic words

    amiable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
  • *
  • *:A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
  • Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper; kindhearted; which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable person.
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  • *:A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
  • Usage notes

    * See (amicable).

    Synonyms

    * likable

    Derived terms

    () * amiability * amiableness * amiably