Dutiful vs Responsive - What's the difference?
dutiful | responsive |
Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint.
Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.
Answering, replying or responding.
Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
Using antiphons; antiphonal.
Susceptible to the feelings of others.
(obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) responsible
As adjectives the difference between dutiful and responsive
is that dutiful is accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint while responsive is answering, replying or responding.dutiful
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Alternative forms
* dutifull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- Ralph was a dutiful child, and took the trash out without being told.
- The sergeant maintained a dutiful shine on his boots.
responsive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
- (Jeremy Taylor)