Dictatorial vs Commanding - What's the difference?
dictatorial | commanding | Related terms |
of or pertaining to a dictator
in the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others
Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
* , chapter=19
, title= Impressively dominant.
The act of giving a command.
* 2006 , William E. Mann, Augustine's Confessions (page 172)
Dictatorial is a related term of commanding.
As adjectives the difference between dictatorial and commanding
is that dictatorial is of or pertaining to a dictator while commanding is tending to give commands, authoritarian.As a verb commanding is
.As a noun commanding is
the act of giving a command.dictatorial
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* See alsocommanding
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(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
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* (tending to give commands) bossy, imposing * See alsoNoun
(en noun)- God could then have dispelled their ignorance by revealing to them that He had issued those commands; the fact of the occurrence of the earlier commandings would be the content of the revelation.