Autonomous vs Independent - What's the difference?
autonomous | independent |
Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, Governing independently.
Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
(Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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Independent is a synonym of autonomous.
As adjectives the difference between autonomous and independent
is that autonomous is self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, Governing independently while independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.As a noun independent is
a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.autonomous
English
Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* (governing independently) sovereign, self-governing * (acting on ones own behalf) selfstanding, self-directedAntonyms
* heteronomousDerived terms
* autonomously * semiautonomousSee also
* autonomous area * autonomous navigationindependent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.