different between accommodating vs devoted

English

Etymology

accommodate +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.?.?de?.t??/

Adjective

accommodating (comparative more accommodating, superlative most accommodating)

1. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: I have to say, we were surprised that Principal Gottlieb wasn't more accommodating.

     Judith Gottlieb: Oh, for God's sake, he's a child. I'm not gonna date him.

2. Pliable; easily corrupted.

Translations

Verb

accommodating

1. present participle of accommodate

English

Etymology

From devote +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v??t?d/

Verb

devoted

1. simple past tense and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4. (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:

     The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […].

   • 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:

     They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.

Derived terms

• devotedly
• devotedness

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