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Hearer vs Responsive - What's the difference?

hearer | responsive |

As a noun hearer

is (dated) one who hears; a devout listener.

As an adjective responsive is

answering, replying or responding.

hearer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) One who hears; a devout listener.

    • Anagrams

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    responsive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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
    • The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
  • (obsolete) responsible
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Antonyms

    * nonresponsive * unresponsive

    Derived terms

    * responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----