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Answerable vs Obliged - What's the difference?

answerable | obliged |

As adjectives the difference between answerable and obliged

is that answerable is obliged to answer or be called to account ((to) somebody); accountable, responsible while obliged is under an obligation to do something for someone.

As a verb obliged is

(oblige).

answerable

English

Alternative forms

* aunswerable (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Obliged to answer or be called to account ((to) somebody); accountable, responsible.
    • Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.
  • (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable ((to)).
    • What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • To this revelation he assented the sooner, as he confesses, because it was answerable to that of the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Prove all things, hold fast that which is good.
  • Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
  • (rare) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
    • The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable . --Johnson.

    Derived terms

    * answerability

    Antonyms

    * unanswerable

    obliged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Under an obligation to do something for someone.
  • Indebted because of a favor done.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “under obligation”, synonymous with obligated, though the latter is only used in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 not standard British.''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996) In dialects where both obliged and (term) are used, there is no standard distinction drawn, though individuals may distinguish nuance or use idiosyncratically. In technical discussions, particularly legal ones such as (The Concept of Law) by (1961), the words may carry different meanings, such as obligations inherent to a relationship versus ones externally imposed.

    Synonyms

    * (under obligation) obligated

    References

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oblige)

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