different between amenable vs courteous

English

Etymology

From French as if *amenable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”), from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin min?re (“to drive”), Latin deponent min?r? (“to threaten, menace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi?n?bl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?n.?.b?l/

Rhymes: -?n?b?l

Adjective

amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)

1. Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
2. Willing to comply; easily led.
3. Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
4. (law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).

5. (mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.

Antonyms

• unamenable

Translations

Further reading

• amenable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amenable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amenable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• beanmeal, meanable, nameable

English

Etymology

From Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”), displaced native Old English hende (“courteous, gracious, friendly”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ti.?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??ti.?s/

Adjective

courteous (comparative more courteous, superlative most courteous)

1. Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:polite

   Antonyms: discourteous, uncourteous; see also Thesaurus:impolite

Derived terms

• courteously
• courteousness
• discourteous
• uncourteous

Translations

See also

• courtesy

Anagrams

• outsource