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Complicit vs Agreed - What's the difference?

complicit | agreed |

As adjectives the difference between complicit and agreed

is that complicit is associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature while agreed is in harmony.

As a verb agreed is

(agree).

As an interjection agreed is

indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.

complicit

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
  • * 1861 , Henry M. Wheeler, The Slaves' Champion , p. 203,
    • It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit , guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues,
  • * 1973 , , As If by Magic , Secker and Warburg, p. 177:
    • "I confess," and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, "I have certain vulgar tastes myself."
  • * 2005 , Larry Dennsion, " Letters," Time , 7 March:
    • Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.

    Synonyms

    * complicitous

    Derived terms

    * complicitly

    Related terms

    * complicity

    References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    agreed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (agree)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In harmony.
    • We are much more agreed on goals than on methods.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.
    • ''Totally agreed !

    Anagrams

    * English responses