Transgress vs Obey - What's the difference?
transgress | obey |
To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
* Dryden
To act in violation of some law.
* Milton
To commit an offense; to sin.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
To do as one is told.
(obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
In lang=en terms the difference between transgress and obey
is that transgress is to act in violation of some law while obey is to do as one is told.As verbs the difference between transgress and obey
is that transgress is to exceed or overstep some limit or boundary while obey is to do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.transgress
English
Verb
(es)- surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law
- For man will hearken to his glozing lies, / And easily transgress the sole command.
- Why give you peace to this imperate beast / That hath so long transgressed you?
obey
English
Verb
(en verb)- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].