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Obey vs Admiring - What's the difference?

obey | admiring |

As verbs the difference between obey and admiring

is that obey is to do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of while admiring is .

As an adjective admiring is

feeling or showing admiration.

As a noun admiring is

admiration.

obey

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  • To do as one is told.
  • (obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
    • They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].

    Antonyms

    * disobey * defy * rebel * resist * violate (especially rules )

    Related terms

    * obedience * obedient

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words

    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.