Independent vs Emancipate - What's the difference?
independent | emancipate |
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
# To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child.
# To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
* Evelyn
* A. W. Ward
As adjectives the difference between independent and emancipate
is that independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free while emancipate is freed; set at liberty.As a noun independent
is a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.As a verb emancipate is
to set free from the power of another; to liberate; as.independent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
Synonyms
* autonomous * free * selfstandingAntonyms
* contingent * dependentDerived terms
* independency * independent contractor * independent film * * independently * independent meansNoun
(en noun)emancipate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(emancipat)- From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences he had emancipated and freed himself.
- to emancipate the human conscience
