Amenable vs. Amendable

Amenable vs. Amendable — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Amenable and Amendable

Amenableadjective

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

Amendableadjective

Capable of being amended.

Amenableadjective

Willing to comply; easily led.

Amendableadjective

capable of being corrected by additions;

an amendable flaw

Amenableadjective

Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.

Amenableadjective

(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).

decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities
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Amenableadjective

Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.

Amenableadjective

disposed or willing to comply;

someone amenable to persuasionthe spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak

Amenableadjective

readily reacting to suggestions and influences;

a responsive student

Amenableadjective

liable to answer to a higher authority;

the president is amenable to the constitutional court