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Resonate vs Compatible - What's the difference?

resonate | compatible |

As a verb resonate

is to vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

As an adjective compatible is

capable of easy interaction.

As a noun compatible is

something that is compatible with something else.

resonate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
  • The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes.
  • To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.
  • His words resonated with the crowd.

    See also

    * resonance ----

    compatible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of easy interaction.
  • Able to get along well.
  • Consistent; congruous.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}

    Antonyms

    * incompatible

    Derived terms

    * compatibility

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is compatible with something else.
  • a computer company that sells IBM compatibles