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Liable vs Obligated - What's the difference?

liable | obligated |

As adjectives the difference between liable and obligated

is that liable is bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable while obligated is (north america|scottish) committed.

As a verb obligated is

(obligate).

liable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
  • The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
  • The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience
  • Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.
  • Likely.
  • Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

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    obligated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obligate)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (North America, Scottish) committed
  • (North America, Scottish) having an obligation; obliged
  • Usage notes

    Now only in standard use in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

    Synonyms

    * (having an obligation) obliged

    Derived terms

    * obligatedly

    See also

    * (adjective)

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