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Deferential vs Regardful - What's the difference?

deferential | regardful | Synonyms |

Deferential is a synonym of regardful.


As adjectives the difference between deferential and regardful

is that deferential is respectful and considerate; showing deference while regardful is respectful.

deferential

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • respectful and considerate; showing deference
  • (anatomy) of, or relating to the vas deferens
  • based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one's own conclusions

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    * deferent

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    regardful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Respectful.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:Itake care for the general, to have a regardfull respect of that which you leave behind you.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.7:
  • *:And evermore, when with regardfull sight / She looking backe espies that griesly wight / Approching nigh, she gins to mend her pace.