The difference between Agreeable and Hard
When used as nouns, agreeable means something pleasing, whereas hard means a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
When used as adjectives, agreeable means pleasing, either to the mind or senses, whereas hard means having a severe property.
Hard is also adverb with the meaning: with much force or effort.
check bellow for the other definitions of Agreeable and Hard
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Agreeable as an adjective:
Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful.
Examples:
"agreeable manners"
"agreeable remarks"
"an agreeable person"
"fruit agreeable to the taste"
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Agreeable as an adjective (colloquial):
Willing; ready to agree or consent.
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Agreeable as an adjective:
Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; , or rarely by }}.
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Agreeable as an adjective:
In pursuance, conformity, or accordance;
Examples:
"Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report."
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Agreeable as a noun:
Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
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Hard as an adjective (of material or fluid):
Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Resistant to pressure. Strong. High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium. Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
Examples:
"This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it."
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Hard as an adjective (personal or social):
Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand. Demanding a lot of effort to endure. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
Examples:
"a hard problem"
"a hard life"
"a hard master;  a hard heart;  hard words;  a hard character"
"don't be so hard on yourself"
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Hard as an adjective:
Unquestionable.
Examples:
"'hard evidence"
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Hard as an adjective (of a road intersection):
Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
Examples:
"At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left."
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Hard as an adjective (slang, vulgar, of a [[male]]):
Sexually aroused.
Examples:
"I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach."
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Hard as an adjective (bodybuilding):
Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
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Hard as an adjective (phonetics, uncomparable):
Plosive. Unvoiced Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
Examples:
"There is a hard ''c'' in "clock" and a soft ''c'' in "centre"."
"'Hard ''k'', ''t'', ''s'', ''ch'', as distinguished from soft, ''g'', ''d'', ''z'', ''j''."
"The letter m ru ж in Russian is always hard."
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Hard as an adjective (arts):
Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
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Hard as an adjective (uncomparable):
In the form of a hard copy.
Examples:
"We need both a digital archive and a hard archive."
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Hard as an adverb (manner):
With much force or effort.
Examples:
"He hit the puck hard up the ice."
"They worked hard all week."
"At the intersection, bear hard left."
"The recession hit them especially hard."
"Think hard about your choices."
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Hard as an adverb (manner):
With difficulty.
Examples:
"His degree was hard earned."
"The vehicle moves hard."
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Hard as an adverb (obsolete):
So as to raise difficulties.
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Hard as an adverb (manner):
Compactly.
Examples:
"The lake had finally frozen hard."
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Hard as an adverb (now, archaic):
Near, close.
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Hard as a noun (countable, nautical):
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
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Hard as a noun (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang):
crack cocaine.
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Hard as a noun (motorsports):
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
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- hard vs solid
- hard vs stony
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- hard vs non-alcoholic
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- hard vs puzzling
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- hard vs tricky
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- hard vs hostile
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- hard vs strict
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- hard vs simple
- hard vs straightforward
- hard vs trite
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- hard vs indubitable
- hard vs unambiguous
- hard vs unequivocal
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- doubtful vs hard
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- equivocal vs hard
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