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Defiant vs Noncompliant - What's the difference?

defiant | noncompliant |

As adjectives the difference between defiant and noncompliant

is that defiant is defying while noncompliant is not compliant; rebellious.

defiant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Defying.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=15 citation , passage=She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough!
  • Boldly resisting opposition.
  • *2013 June 18, (Simon Romero), " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  • *:But the demonstrators remained defiant , pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.

    • Synonyms

    * dareful * rebellious

    Antonyms

    * docile, obedient, submissive * dominant

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    noncompliant

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-compliant

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not compliant; rebellious
  • *{{quote-news, 1988, January 22, Laya Frischer, Further Adventures in Tot Control, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=It was directed toward a program, "Tuesday's Child," which endorses systematic, unquestioning rejection by parents of the program-created noncompliant behaviors in their eighteen-month- to five-year-old children. }}