Polite vs Devoted - What's the difference?
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Well-mannered, civilized.
* (Alexander Pope)
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, title= (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
* (Isaac Newton)
(obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
Zealous; characterized by devotion.
(obsolete) cursed; doomed.
(devote)
In obsolete terms the difference between polite and devoted
is that polite is smooth, polished, burnished while devoted is cursed; doomed.As adjectives the difference between polite and devoted
is that polite is well-mannered, civilized while devoted is vowed; dedicated; consecrated.As verbs the difference between polite and devoted
is that polite is to polish; to refine; to render polite while devoted is past tense of devote.polite
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
- rays of light falling on a polite surface
Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* impolite * rudeDerived terms
* over-polite * politeness * polite societyVerb
(polit)- (Ray)
