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Objection vs Responsive - What's the difference?

objection | responsive |

As a noun objection

is the act of objecting.

As an adjective responsive is

answering, replying or responding.

objection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of objecting.
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  • A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to ).
  • (legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "objection": serious, conscientious, fatal, grave, etc. * Verbs often used with "objection": raise, make, meet, answer, etc.

    responsive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Answering, replying or responding.
  • Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
  • Using antiphons; antiphonal.
  • Susceptible to the feelings of others.
  • (obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
  • (obsolete) responsible
  • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Antonyms

    * nonresponsive * unresponsive

    Derived terms

    * responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----