Difference between Personable and Personal

What is the difference between Personable and Personal?

Personable as an adjective is having pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable while Personal as an adjective is pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

Personable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable

Personal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.A movable; a chattel.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.Done in person; without the intervention of another.Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

Example sentence: Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

We hope you now know whether to use Personable or Personal in your sentence.

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