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Obedient vs Listener - What's the difference?

obedient | listener |

As an adjective obedient

is willing]] to [[comply#verb|comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.

As a noun listener is

someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

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

    listener

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
  • * 1904 , :
  • * 1937 , (John Steinbeck), Of Mice and Men :
  • And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.
  • A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
  • Derived terms

    * listenership

    See also

    * audience

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns