Voluntary vs Reflective - What's the difference?
voluntary | reflective |
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
* N. W. Taylor
* Alexander Pope
Done by design or intention; intentional.
Working or done without payment.
Endowed with the power of willing.
* Hooker
Of or relating to voluntaryism.
(obsolete) Voluntarily.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
*:And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].
(music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument
A volunteer
Something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.
Thinking back on the past.
(computing, programming) Involving reflection.
As adjectives the difference between voluntary and reflective
is that voluntary is done, given, or acting of one's own free will while reflective is something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.As an adverb voluntary
is (obsolete) voluntarily.As a noun voluntary
is (music) a short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.voluntary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
- She fell to lust a voluntary prey.
- If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
- God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary , agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
- a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church
Synonyms
* discretionary * optional * willful * volitionalAntonyms
* compulsory * involuntary * obligatoryDerived terms
* voluntarilyAdverb
(en adverb)Noun
(voluntaries)reflective
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Mirrors are reflective .
- He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.
