Obedient vs Compliment - What's the difference?
obedient | compliment |
Willing]] to [[comply#Verb, comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.
An expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.
* Milton
* Cowper
(uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
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(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
* Prior
As an adjective obedient
is willing]] to [[comply#verb|comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.As a noun compliment is
an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.As a verb compliment is
(ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).obedient
English
Alternative forms
* (qualifier)Adjective
(en adjective)- Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)Antonyms
* disobedient * dominantExternal links
* * ----compliment
English
(wikipedia compliment)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) complire, from (etyl) complereNoun
(en noun)- Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear / So many hollow compliments and lies.
- many a compliment politely penned
- This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment , but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
*insultDerived terms
* backhanded compliment * left-handed compliment * with complimentsEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) complimento'' (etyl) ''cumplimiento'', from ''cumplir'', from ''complire'', from (etyl) ''complere .Verb
(en verb)- Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; / Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.