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Dominance vs Domineering - What's the difference?

dominance | domineering |

As nouns the difference between dominance and domineering

is that dominance is the state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy while domineering is the act of one who domineers.

As a verb domineering is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective domineering is

overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.

dominance

English

(wikipedia dominance)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
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  • Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
  • (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
  • (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

    • Derived terms

    * cross-dominance * dominancy

    domineering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

    • Synonyms

    * bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant * See also

    Antonyms

    * submissive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who domineers.
  • * Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.