Acquiescent vs Tolerant - What's the difference?
acquiescent | tolerant | Related terms |
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
tending to withstand or survive
As adjectives the difference between acquiescent and tolerant
is that acquiescent is willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance while tolerant is tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.acquiescent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* quiescentReferences
* ----tolerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
