Friendly vs. Nice
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 packagingNiceadjective
Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?Friendlyadjective
Without any hostility.
a friendly competitiona friendly power or stateNiceadjective
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 galeNiceadjective
(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.
Friendlyadjective
(number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
friendly numbers;friendly pairs;friendly n-tuplesNiceadjective
(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 emotionsNiceadjective
(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 hostessNiceinterjection
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 agreementNiceinterjection
Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!Friendlyadjective
easy to understand or use;
user-friendly computersa consumer-friendly policya reader-friendly novelNicenoun
niceness.
Friendlyadjective
of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally;
in friendly territoryhe was accidentally killed by friendly fireNiceverb
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 todayNiceadjective
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
from a decent familya nice girlNiceadjective
done with delicacy and skill;
a nice bit of crafta job requiring nice measurements with a micrometera nice shotNiceadjective
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 elbowNiceadjective
noting distinctions with nicety;
a discriminating interior designera nice sense of colora nice point in the argumentNiceadjective
exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
a nice gesture
