The difference between Agreement and Amenity

When used as nouns, agreement means an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct, whereas amenity means pleasantness.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agreement and Amenity

  1. Agreement as a noun (countable):

    An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

    Examples:

    "to enter an agreement; the UK and US negotiators nearing agreement; he nodded his agreement."

  2. Agreement as a noun (uncountable):

    A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.

    Examples:

    "The results of my experiment are in agreement with those of Michelson and with the law of General Relativity."

  3. Agreement as a noun (uncountable, legal):

    A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

  4. Agreement as a noun (uncountable, linguistics, grammar):

    Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.

  5. Agreement as a noun (obsolete, chiefly, _, in the plural):

    An agreeable quality.

  1. Amenity as a noun:

    Pleasantness.

    Examples:

    "We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday."

  2. Amenity as a noun:

    A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

    Examples:

    "All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable."

  3. Amenity as a noun:

    Convenience.

  4. Amenity as a noun (cartography):

    a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.

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