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Obedient vs Devout - What's the difference?

obedient | devout |

As adjectives the difference between obedient and devout

is that obedient is willing]] to [[comply#verb|comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority while devout is devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.

As a noun devout is

(obsolete) a devotee.

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

    Related terms

    * obedience * obey

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    devout

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
  • * Bible, Acts x. 2
    • a devout man, and one that feared God
  • * Rogers
    • We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
  • (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
    • devout''' sighs; '''devout''' eyes; a '''devout posture
  • Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
    • devout wishes for one's welfare

    Noun

    (s)
  • (obsolete) A devotee.
  • (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

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