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Independent vs Maverick - What's the difference?

independent | maverick |

As adjectives the difference between independent and maverick

is that independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free while maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions.

As nouns the difference between independent and maverick

is that independent is a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform while maverick is an unbranded range animal.

independent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
  • (politics) not affiliated with any political party
  • Providing a comfortable livelihood.
    • an independent property
  • Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
    • a man of an independent mind
  • Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
  • * R. P. Ward
    • 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 * selfstanding

    Antonyms

    * contingent * dependent

    Derived terms

    * independency * independent contractor * independent film * * independently * independent means

    Related terms

    * depend * dependence * dependently * independence * independently * pendant * pending

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
  • A neutral or uncommitted person.
    • ----

    maverick

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
    • He made a maverick decision.
    He is a maverick person.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unbranded range animal.
  • * Around 1900 , O Henry,
    • Long Bill was a graduate of the camp and trail. Luck and thrift, a cool head, and a telescopic eye for mavericks had raised him from cowboy to be a cowman.
  • One who does not abide by rules.
  • One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
    • Florence Nightingale would have been perceived as a maverick during her early career, because she was prioritizing hygiene when everybody else involved in healthcare was focused on other things, such as surgery and pills.'' (Source: Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh, ''Trick or Treatment , 2008, p. 36-37.)
  • (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in

    • Synonyms

    * (one who does not abide by rules) individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebel

    See also

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    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 English eponyms