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Actively vs Complacently - What's the difference?

actively | complacently |

As adverbs the difference between actively and complacently

is that actively is in an active manner while complacently is in a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.

actively

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an active manner.
  • * He was actively listening.
  • * She was actively working, not "sleeping on the job".
  • (grammar) In the active form; not passive.
    • a word used actively

    complacently

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 17 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”}}