different between considerate vs obliging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d???t/

Adjective

considerate (comparative more considerate, superlative most considerate)

1. consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring

   It was very considerate of you to give up your place for your friend.

2. characterised by careful and conscious thought; deliberate

Antonyms

• inconsiderate

Related terms

• consider
• consideration
• considerately
• considerateness

Translations

Verb

considerate (third-person singular simple present considerates, present participle considerating, simple past and past participle considerated)

1. (rare) Synonym of consider

Anagrams

• decreations, desecration, resonicated

Interlingua

Participle

considerate

1. past participle of considerar

Italian

Adjective

considerate

1. feminine plural of considerato

Verb

considerate

1. inflection of considerare:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• esercitando, estraendoci, stenocardie

Latin

Adverb

c?ns?der?t? (comparative c?ns?der?tius, superlative c?ns?der?tissim?)

1. considerately, carefully, cautiously

Verb

c?ns?der?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?ns?der?

References

• considerate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• considerate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• considerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bla?d????/
• Rhymes: -a?d???
• Hyphenation: ob?lig?ing

Adjective

obliging (comparative more obliging, superlative most obliging)

1. Happy and ready to do favours for others.

Synonyms

• accommodating, willing

Derived terms

• obligingly
• obligingness

Translations

Verb

obliging

1. present participle of oblige

Noun

obliging (plural obligings)

1. The imposition of an obligation.
   • 1840, Alexander MacDonald, Summary of the Catholic Religion

     Many were the finings, and excommunications, and the obligings to do penances, that took place at this time.