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Tolerant vs Yielding - What's the difference?

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Tolerant is a related term of yielding.


As adjectives the difference between tolerant and yielding

is that tolerant is tolerant while yielding is docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

As verbs the difference between tolerant and yielding

is that tolerant is while yielding is .

As a noun yielding is

a concession.

tolerant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
    • He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
  • tending to withstand or survive
    • These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

    Related terms

    * tolerability * tolerable * tolerance * tolerate * toleration

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    yielding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A concession.

    • Derived terms

    * overyielding