Comfortable vs Compliant - What's the difference?
comfortable | compliant |
(lb) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
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*:he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi .
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:a comfortable provision made for their subsistence
Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
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, title= Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
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, title= In a state of comfort and content.
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*:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
(lb) Strong; vigorous; valiant.
:(Wyclif)
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable ; hold death a while at the arm's end.
(lb) Serviceable; helpful.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
As adjectives the difference between comfortable and compliant
is that comfortable is (lb) comforting, providing comfort; consolatory while compliant is willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.As a noun comfortable
is (us) a stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.comfortable
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Adjective
(en-adj)Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, passage=When Hape sauntered over for a try after only three minutes it looked as if England were destined for a comfortable victory, but Georgia are made of sterner stuff, as they showed when running Scotland close in Invercargill last week.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable . Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
Synonyms
* comforting, comfy, cozy, eathful, restful, snug, cushy * (safely reliable) safeAntonyms
* comfortless, uncomfortableDerived terms
* comfortability * comfortable in one's own skin * comfortableness * comfortably * comfycompliant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The suspect was compliant when arrested.
- The browser is standards compliant .
- The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.