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Admiring vs Dutiful - What's the difference?

admiring | dutiful |

As adjectives the difference between admiring and dutiful

is that admiring is feeling or showing admiration while dutiful is accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.

As a verb admiring

is .

As a noun admiring

is admiration.

admiring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling or showing admiration.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • admiration
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings , than is that tragical cross
  • * 1847 , Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God
    • We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.

    dutiful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dutifull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
    • Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
  • Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
    • The sergeant maintained a dutiful shine on his boots.