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Timebound vs Dutybound - What's the difference?

timebound | dutybound |

As adjectives the difference between timebound and dutybound

is that timebound is attached to a certain moment or era in time while dutybound is compelled by duty.

timebound

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Attached to a certain moment or era in time.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 19, author=Christine Kenneally, title=Thinking Out Loud, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Because speech is timebound and words can come only one after the other, the way we stall, stumble and start again provides clues to the way we render thought with sound. }}

    dutybound

    English

    Alternative forms

    * duty-bound

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Compelled by duty.
    • The captain was dutybound to see all passengers off the sinking ship before he left it himself.