What is the difference between "amiable" and "amicable"?

Solution 1:

"Amicable" refers to a friendliness or goodwill between people or groups.

While the term "amiable" refers to one person's friendly disposition.

Usage examples:

• The amiable people might have an amicable meeting.

• He often attends an amicable meeting because he is amiable.

• I found an amicable Cricket team today, where every player was amiable.

Solution 2:

Amiable refers to people’s characters, amicable refers to the relationships between people as explained in the following extract:

Amiable means good-natured and likable. It describes people.

Amicable means characterized by goodwill. It describes relationships or interactions between people.

So, for instance, two amiable people might share an amicable friendship, or two amiable people might end their relationship amicably.

Both amiable and amicable derive ultimately from the Latin amicabilis, meaning friendly. Amiable came to English from French in the 14th century and originally bore the sense now associated with amicable. It developed its modern sense shortly thereafter. Amicable entered English in the 16th century, already bearing its modern sense.

Usage instances:

An amiable fellow, Wally committed this historic act on April 14, 2003 quite by accident. [American Spectator]

No one wants to see this fun end, which is why the current labor negotiations are more amicable than they’ve been in the past. [Boston Globe]

(The Grammarist)