different between compliant vs acquiescent

English

Etymology

comply +? -ant

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pl???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?pla??nt/
• Hyphenation: com?pli?ant
• Rhymes: -a??nt

Adjective

compliant (comparative more compliant, superlative most compliant)

1. Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.

   Synonyms: yielding, bending, pliant

2. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.

Synonyms

• conformant; see also Thesaurus:conformant

Antonyms

• non-compliant, noncompliant

Derived terms

• compliantly

Related terms

• compliance

Translations

Anagrams

• coimplant, complaint

English

Etymology

From Latin acquiescens, -entis; present participle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æ?kwi.?sn?t/

Adjective

acquiescent (comparative more acquiescent, superlative most acquiescent)

1. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
2. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit

Synonyms

• (conceding to a sin or crime): complicit

Derived terms

• acquiescently

Related terms

Translations

See also

• quiescent

References

• acquiescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Verb

acquiescent

1. third-person plural present indicative of acquiescer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of acquiescer

Latin

Verb

acqui?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of acqui?sc?