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Resistant vs Acquiescent - What's the difference?

resistant | acquiescent |

As adjectives the difference between resistant and acquiescent

is that resistant is resistant while acquiescent is willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance.

As a noun resistant

is resistant.

As a verb resistant

is .

resistant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
  • A thing which resists.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
  • Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
    • The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
  • (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.

    • Derived terms

    * resistantly

    See also

    * robust

    References

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    Anagrams

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    acquiescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
  • resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

    • See also

    * quiescent

    References

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