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Obliged vs Slave - What's the difference?

obliged | slave | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between obliged and slave

is that obliged is past tense of oblige while slave is to work hard.

As an adjective obliged

is under an obligation to do something for someone.

As a noun slave is

a person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition.

As a proper noun Slavé is

alternative form of Slavey|lang=en.

obliged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Under an obligation to do something for someone.
  • Indebted because of a favor done.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “under obligation”, synonymous with obligated, though the latter is only used in American English and some dialects such as Scottish,Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage,'' p. 675 not standard British.''The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996) In dialects where both obliged and (term) are used, there is no standard distinction drawn, though individuals may distinguish nuance or use idiosyncratically. In technical discussions, particularly legal ones such as (The Concept of Law) by (1961), the words may carry different meanings, such as obligations inherent to a relationship versus ones externally imposed.

    Synonyms

    * (under obligation) obligated

    References

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oblige)

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    slave

    English

    Alternative forms

    : * ** sclaue * ** sclaue ** sclave * ** sclaue ** sklaw ** sklaue ** sklave : * ** slaif ** slaue ** slave (modern spelling developed) * ** slaue ** slave (whenceforth the modern spelling predominated)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition.
  • A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
  • One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
    • a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
  • A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
  • An abject person; a wretch.
    • Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.
  • A person who is forced against his/her will to perform, for another person or other persons, sexual acts or other personal services on a regular or continuing basis.
  • (engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from slave) * antislavery * bondslave * enslave * enslavement * enslaver * no slave to fashion * postslavery * sex slave * sexual slavery * slaveboy * slave code * slavedom * slave driver, slave-driver * Slave Dynasty * slave-girl, slavegirl * slaveholder * slaveholding * slave labour * slaveless * slavelike * slavemaster * slaveowner * slaver * slave to fashion * slavery * slave ship * slave trade * slavey * slavish * wage slave * white slave * white slaver * white slavery

    See also

    * chattel * indentured servant * * (Slavery)

    Verb

    (slav)
  • To work hard.
    • I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
  • To enslave.
    • (Marston)
  • To place a device under the control of another.
    • to slave a hard disk
  • * 2005 , Simon Millward, Fast Guide to Cubase SX (page 403)
    • Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation

    References

    * August 2, 2004 , "EE Times: Beware 'zombie' clauses * Notes:

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