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Volitional vs Voluntary - What's the difference?

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Voluntary is a synonym of volitional.



In lang=en terms the difference between volitional and voluntary

is that volitional is pertaining to volition while voluntary is a short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.

As adjectives the difference between volitional and voluntary

is that volitional is done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles while voluntary is done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

As an adverb voluntary is

voluntarily.

As a noun voluntary is

a short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.

volitional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles.
  • :1922 ,
  • *:A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals to discovery.
  • done intentionally, not by accident
    • Alcoholism : the volitional disease. [http://www.alcoholicscandrinksafelyagain.com/newpage11.html]
  • (rare) pertaining to volition

    • voluntary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
  • * N. W. Taylor
    • That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • She fell to lust a voluntary prey.
  • Done by design or intention; intentional.
    • If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
  • Working or done without payment.
  • Endowed with the power of willing.
  • * Hooker
    • God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary , agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
  • Of or relating to voluntaryism.
    • a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

    Synonyms

    * discretionary * optional * willful * volitional

    Antonyms

    * compulsory * involuntary * obligatory

    Derived terms

    * voluntarily

    Related terms

    * volition * voluntarism * voluntarist * volunteer * will

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Voluntarily.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
  • *:And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].

    • Noun

    (voluntaries)
  • (music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument
  • A volunteer