Dependable vs Responsible - What's the difference?
dependable | responsible |
A reliable person or thing.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 7, author=Jeff Z. Klein, title=At Full Strength, Red Wings Dominate, work=New York Times
, passage=But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby. }}
Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
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, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
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Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
As adjectives the difference between dependable and responsible
is that dependable is able, or easily able to be depended on while responsible is answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.As a noun dependable
is a reliable person or thing.dependable
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(en adjective)citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
- Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
- She has a responsible position in the firm.
- Who is responsible for this mess?
- He looks like a responsible guy.