Responsive vs Tolerant - What's the difference?
responsive | tolerant | Related terms |
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
(obsolete) responsible
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
tending to withstand or survive
Responsive is a related term of tolerant.
As adjectives the difference between responsive and tolerant
is that responsive is answering, replying or responding while tolerant is tolerant.As a verb tolerant is
.responsive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
Antonyms
* nonresponsive * unresponsiveDerived terms
* responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----tolerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.