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Comply vs Obliged - What's the difference?

comply | obliged |

As verbs the difference between comply and obliged

is that comply is to yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform while obliged is (oblige).

As an adjective obliged is

under an obligation to do something for someone.

comply

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply , / Scandalous or forbidden in our law.
  • * (John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
    • They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.
  • * 1664? , , (Hudibras)
    • He that complies against his will / Is of his own opinion still.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied .}}
  • *
  • (label) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 371:
    • Let me comply with you in this / garb, lest my extent to the players, which I tell you must / show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment / than yours.
  • (label) To fulfill; to accomplish.
    • (Chapman)
  • (label) To enfold; to embrace.
  • * (1591-1674)
    • Seemed to comply , / Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.

    Usage notes

    * Usually followed by "with".

    Related terms

    * compliant * compliance * compliable * no comply

    Antonyms

    * violate

    Anagrams

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    obliged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Under an obligation to do something for someone.
  • Indebted because of a favor done.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “under obligation”, synonymous with obligated, though the latter is only used in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 not standard British.''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996) In dialects where both obliged and (term) are used, there is no standard distinction drawn, though individuals may distinguish nuance or use idiosyncratically. In technical discussions, particularly legal ones such as (The Concept of Law) by (1961), the words may carry different meanings, such as obligations inherent to a relationship versus ones externally imposed.

    Synonyms

    * (under obligation) obligated

    References

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oblige)

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