Accountable vs Independent - What's the difference?
accountable | independent |
Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.
Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
Liable to be called on to render an account;
Being answerable for.
Being liable for.
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
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not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As adjectives the difference between accountable and independent
is that accountable is having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable while independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.As a noun independent is
a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.accountable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* amenable, responsible, liable, answerableSee also
* hold to accountindependent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.