different between influencable vs influential

English

Adjective

influencable

1. Misspelling of influenceable.
   • 2001, Martha B Bronson, Self-Regulation in Early Childhood [1] [2]

     A reasonable amount of order, regularity, and responsiveness in the environment allows the child to develop a sense that the world is predictable and influencable.

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     They are “heavily interconnected by feedback loops, or reentrant mechanisms, that make possible high-order regulations between levels” and are “cognitively penetrable” or influencable at some stage of development.

   • 2003, Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology, Olaf Bastian and Uta Steinhardt edd. [3]

     The ecologically relevant soil characteristics and properties can be divided into stable (barely influencable) and unstable (easily influencable) ones.

   • 2005, Rudolf Grünig and Richard Kühn, Successful Decision Making [4] [5]

     Influencable features of the situation will often be useful as decision criteria.

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     For example, poor motivation in a sales organisation, an influencable feature, may result from unclear targets on the one hand and inadequate performance-related salary incentives on the other.

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ?nfluenti?lis, from ?nfluentia + -?lis. Synchronically analyzable as influence +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nflu??n??l/
• Hyphenation: in?flu?en?tial

Adjective

influential (comparative more influential, superlative most influential)

1. Having or exerting influence.

   John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.

   Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.

Synonyms

• swayful

Derived terms

• influentially
• influentialness

Translations

Noun

influential (plural influentials)

1. A person who has influence