different between serviceable vs influential
serviceable
English
Etymology
From Middle English servisable, from Old French servisable, from servise; surface analysis service +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?v?s?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??v?s?bl?/
Adjective
serviceable (comparative more serviceable, superlative most serviceable)
- Easy to service.
- Repairable instead of disposable.
- In condition for use; usable, functional.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
- There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Synonyms
- useful
- helpful
Translations
Anagrams
- receivables
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influential
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)
- 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)
- A person who has influence
influential From the web:
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- what does it mean to be influential
- what makes you influential
- who is the most influential
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