different between compliant vs fawning

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

• Rhymes: -??n??

Verb

fawning

1. present participle of fawn

Adjective

fawning

1. Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[2]:

     Shylock: How like a fawning publican he looks ! […]

Translations

Derived terms

• fawningly
• fawningness

Noun

fawning (plural fawnings)

1. Servile flattery.
   • c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[3]:

     Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee / Where thrift may follow fawning.

   • 1818, Hannah More, The Inflexible Captive

     Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, / Lurking behind your honours and rewards; / Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings.

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