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Obedient vs Obe - What's the difference?

obedient | obe |

As an adjective obedient

is willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

As an initialism OBE is

officer of the Order of the British Empire.

As a noun obe is

a particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.

obedient

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Willing]] to [[comply#Verb, comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.
  • Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * disobedient * dominant

    obe

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Office of Bilingual Education
  • Office of Business Economics (US)
  • Operating-Basis Earthquake
  • Oregon Board of Education
  • Ottawa Board Of Education
  • Out of Body Experience
  • Out of Buggy Experience (Powerkiting slang)
  • Outcome-Based Education
  • Overcome / overtaken by events (i.e., now obsolete)
  • Anagrams

    * * *