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Servile vs Servitude - What's the difference?

servile | servitude |

As nouns the difference between servile and servitude

is that servile is (grammar) an element which forms no part of the original root while servitude is the state of being a slave; slavery.

As an adjective servile

is of or pertaining to a slave.

servile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a slave
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!
  • submissive or slavish
    • servile''' flattery; '''servile obedience
  • (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
    • a servile letter
  • (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e'' in ''tune .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.

    • Antonyms

    * radical

    Anagrams

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    servitude

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being a slave; slavery.
  • (legal) A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner.

    • See also

    * (pedia)