different between congenial vs inviting

English

Etymology

con- +? genial

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k?n?d??i?ni?l/

Adjective

congenial (comparative more congenial, superlative most congenial)

1. Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XIX:

     No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms; / This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof - to see the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes.

2. Friendly or sociable.

   The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.

3. Suitable to one’s needs.
   • 1961, J. A. Philip, Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato, in Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, page 453-468:

     What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?

Antonyms

• uncongenial

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• conga line

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?va?t??/
• Rhymes: -a?t??
• Hyphenation: in?vit?ing

Adjective

inviting (comparative more inviting, superlative most inviting)

1. Alluring; tempting; attractive.

Derived terms

Verb

inviting

1. present participle of invite

Noun

inviting (plural invitings)

1. invitation

References

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