different between dissentient vs dissentious

English

Etymology

From the Latin dissentient, dissenti?ns (“dissenting”).

Noun

dissentient (plural dissentients)

1. A dissenter.

   • The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

Adjective

dissentient (comparative more dissentient, superlative most dissentient)

1. Dissenting; of a different opinion.
   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Story-teller’, Beasts and Superbeasts, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 354:

     A dissentient opinion came from the aunt.

   • 1996, Richard Adams, Tales from Watership Down

     When the news spread through the warren, there was not a dissentient voice.

Synonyms

• dissentious

Derived terms

• dissentience
• dissentiency
• dissentiently

Latin

Verb

dissentient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dissenti?

English

Etymology

dissent +? -ious

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?n.?i.?s/, /d??s?n.??s/

Adjective

dissentious (comparative more dissentious, superlative most dissentious)

1. Marked by dissensions; contentious
2. dissenting