Duteous vs Concerned - What's the difference?
duteous | concerned |
(archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.
* 1623 , , act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)
* 1881 , The Heart of the Night , lines 10-14
Showing concern.
Involved or responsible.
(concern)
As adjectives the difference between duteous and concerned
is that duteous is (archaic) obsequious; submissively obedient while concerned is showing concern.As a verb concerned is
(concern).duteous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I know thee well. A ?eruiceable Villaine,
As duteous to the vices of thy Mi?tris,
As badne??e would de?ire.
- ''O Lord, the awful Lord of will! though late,
- ''Even yet renew this soul with duteous breath:
- ''That when the peace is garnered in from strife,
- ''The work retrieved, the will regenerate,
- ''This soul may see thy face, O Lord of death!
References
* The Oxford English Dictionaryconcerned
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
- The people concerned have been punished.