Behaved vs Obedient - What's the difference?
behaved | obedient |
(behave)
(label) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
* Bible, ii. 21
(label) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner;
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.iii:
(label) To act in a polite or proper way.
Willing]] to [[comply#Verb, comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.
As a verb behaved
is past tense of behave.As an adjective obedient is
willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.behaved
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Verb
(head)behave
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Verb
- those that behaved themselves manfully
Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
- He did behave his anger ere 'twas spent.
- who his limbs with labours, and his mind / Behaues with cares, cannot so easie mis.
Derived terms
* behave oneselfExternal links
* * 1000 English basic wordsobedient
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Alternative forms
* (qualifier)Adjective
(en adjective)- Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
