different between compliant vs bending

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?nd??/

Verb

bending

1. present participle of bend

Noun

bending (plural bendings)

1. A motion or action that bends.

   a bending of the knees

2. An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

   bendings of the rules

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

benda +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nt??k/

  Rhymes: -?nt??k

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, plural bendingar)

1. inflection

Declension

Derived terms

• ábending
• stigbending

Icelandic

Etymology

From benda +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nti?k/

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, nominative plural bendingar)

1. pointing, showing, indicating
2. hint, clue

Declension

Derived terms

• ábending (“comment, tip, advice”)
• frábending (“contraindication”)
• sakbending (“criminal line-up”)
• vísbending (“clue, indication”)