Obedient vs Reliable - What's the difference?
obedient | reliable | Related terms |
Willing]] to [[comply#Verb, comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.
Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
Obedient is a related term of reliable.
As adjectives the difference between obedient and reliable
is that obedient is willing]] to [[comply#verb|comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority while reliable is suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on|relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.As a noun reliable is
something or someone or dependable.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
* * ----reliable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
- The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
- According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.