What is the difference between "receptive" and "amenable"?
receptive:
Definition: willing to listen to or accept ideas, suggestions, etc.
Examples: I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
He was receptive to the idea of going back to school.
amenable
Definition: [more amenable; most amenable] : willing to agree or to accept something that is wanted or asked for
an amenable child
— usually + to
The children are generally amenable to our wishes.
a government that is not amenable to change [=a government that resists change]
Both terms pretty much express the same meaning of willing to agree or accept new suggestions or ideas.
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riderdecade25 Examples: I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience. Are you sure of the example above? Although it's correct grammatically, the word "before" is baffling me.
- riderdecade25 Examples: I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
- Are you sure of the example above?
- Although it's correct grammatically, the word "before" is baffling me.
- Did the speaker really expect himself to speak after the audience?
- Normally he would speak before them.
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riderdecade25Examples: I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
Are you sure of the example above? Although it's correct grammatically, the word "before" is baffling me. Did the speaker really expect himself to speak after the audience?
Normally he would speak before them.
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