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Obliging vs Devout - What's the difference?

obliging | devout |

As adjectives the difference between obliging and devout

is that obliging is happy and ready to do favours for others while devout is devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.

As a verb obliging

is .

As a noun devout is

(obsolete) a devotee.

obliging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happy and ready to do favours for others.

    • Synonyms

    * accommodating, willing

    Derived terms

    * obligingness

    Verb

    (head)

    • devout

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
  • * Bible, Acts x. 2
    • a devout man, and one that feared God
  • * Rogers
    • We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
  • (archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
    • devout''' sighs; '''devout''' eyes; a '''devout posture
  • Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
    • devout wishes for one's welfare

    Noun

    (s)
  • (obsolete) A devotee.
  • (obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

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