Reliant vs Reliable - What's the difference?
reliant | reliable |
Having reliance on.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
, volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
As adjectives the difference between reliant and reliable
is that reliant is having reliance on while reliable is suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.As a noun reliable is
something or someone reliable or dependable.reliant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
Anagrams
* * * * * * * * ----reliable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
- The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
- According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.