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Responder vs Responsive - What's the difference?

responder | responsive |

As a noun responder

is a person that responds to an emergency situation or other calling.

As an adjective responsive is

answering, replying or responding.

responder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person that responds to an emergency situation or other calling.
    • 911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    responsive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Answering, replying or responding.
  • Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
  • Using antiphons; antiphonal.
  • Susceptible to the feelings of others.
  • (obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
  • (obsolete) responsible
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Antonyms

    * nonresponsive * unresponsive

    Derived terms

    * responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----