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Dutiful vs Driven - What's the difference?

dutiful | driven |

As adjectives the difference between dutiful and driven

is that dutiful is accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint while driven is obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

As a verb driven is

past participle of lang=en.

dutiful

English

Alternative forms

* dutifull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
    • Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
  • Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
    • The sergeant maintained a dutiful shine on his boots.

    driven

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
  • (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.

    • Derived terms

    * demand-driven English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles ----