Reliance vs Rely - What's the difference?
reliance | rely | Derived terms |
The act of relying on someone or something; trust.
* Macaulay
The condition of being reliant or dependent.
A person or thing which relies on another.
Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.
* (Richardson)
To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend.
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Reliance is a derived term of rely.
As a noun reliance
is the act of relying on someone or something; trust.As a verb rely is
to rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; — with on'', formerly also with ''in .reliance
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Noun
- In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value.
- The boat was a poor reliance .
Anagrams
*rely
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Verb
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