Friendly vs. Nice

Friendly vs. Nice — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Friendly and Nice

Friendlyadjective

Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

Your cat seems very friendly.

Niceadjective

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Friendlyadjective

Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

He gave a friendly smile.

Niceadjective

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Friendlyadjective

Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

a user-friendly software programa dog-friendly caféthe use of environmentally friendly packaging

Niceadjective

Respectable; virtuous.

What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
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Friendlyadjective

Without any hostility.

a friendly competitiona friendly power or state

Niceadjective

With "and", shows that the given adjective is desirable: pleasantly.

The soup is nice and hot.

Friendlyadjective

Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

a friendly breeze or gale

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Friendlyadjective

(military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports

The soldier was killed by friendly fire.

Niceadjective

Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

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Friendlyadjective

(number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

friendly numbers;friendly pairs;friendly n-tuples

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Friendlyadjective

(in compounds) Not damaging to, or compatible with (the compounded noun)

The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly.Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers.Our sandwiches are made with dolphin-friendly tuna.

Niceadjective

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

Friendlynoun

(sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

Even as friendlies, derbies often arouse strong emotions

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

Friendlynoun

A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

Friendlyadverb

(archaic) In a friendly manner, like a friend.

Niceadverb

(colloquial) Nicely.

Children, play nice.He dresses real nice.

Friendlyadjective

characteristic of or befitting a friend;

friendly advicea friendly neighborhoodthe only friendly person herea friendly host and hostess

Niceinterjection

Used to signify a job well done.

Nice! I couldn't have done better.

Friendlyadjective

favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile;

a government friendly to our interestsan amicable agreement

Niceinterjection

Used to signify approval.

Is that your new car? Nice!

Friendlyadjective

easy to understand or use;

user-friendly computersa consumer-friendly policya reader-friendly novel

Nicenoun

niceness.

Friendlyadjective

of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally;

in friendly territoryhe was accidentally killed by friendly fire

Niceverb

To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Nicenoun

a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Niceadjective

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;

what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nastynice mannersa nice dressa nice facea nice dayhad a nice time at the partythe corn and tomatoes are nice today

Niceadjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;

from a decent familya nice girl

Niceadjective

done with delicacy and skill;

a nice bit of crafta job requiring nice measurements with a micrometera nice shot

Niceadjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

too nice about his food to take to camp cookingso squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Niceadjective

noting distinctions with nicety;

a discriminating interior designera nice sense of colora nice point in the argument

Niceadjective

exhibiting courtesy and politeness;

a nice gesture