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Yielding vs Modest - What's the difference?

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Yielding is a related term of modest.


As adjectives the difference between yielding and modest

is that yielding is docile, or inclined to give way to pressure while modest is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.

As a verb yielding

is .

As a noun yielding

is a concession.

yielding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

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

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A concession.

    • Derived terms

    * overyielding

    modest

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
  • Small, moderate in size.
    • He earns a modest amount of money.
    Her latest novel was a modest success.
  • (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * immodest

    Derived terms

    * modest proposal * modesty