Differences between "amenable" and "receptive"?
Amenable:
Definition: willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion:
She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save.
Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals?
Receptive:
Definition: willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions:
The government is not receptive to the idea of a Freedom of Information Act.
Both terms pretty much express the same meaning of willing to agree to or accept new suggestions or ideas.
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xbladefate25 Both terms pretty much express the same meaning of willing to agree to or accept new suggestions or ideas. Correct. The only difference I detect for myself is that 'amenable' gives me the impression of friendliness, willingness to adjust one's thinking, for example, to a new idea.
- xbladefate25 Both terms pretty much express the same meaning of willing to agree to or accept new suggestions or ideas.
- Correct.
- The only difference I detect for myself is that 'amenable' gives me the impression of friendliness, willingness to adjust one's thinking, for example, to a new idea.
- 'receptive' seems a colder word to me.
- It's more like accepting an idea in its entirety for logical reasons.
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xbladefate25Both terms pretty much express the same meaning of willing to agree to or accept new suggestions or ideas.
Correct.
The only difference I detect for myself is that 'amenable' gives me the impression of friendliness, willingness to adjust one's thinking, for example, to a new idea. 'receptive' seems a colder word to me. It's more like acc
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