different between docile vs enduring
docile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docere (“teach”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??.sa?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??.s?l/, /?d??.sa?l/
Adjective
docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)
- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Synonyms
- (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable
- (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable
Antonyms
- (yielding to control): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful
Derived terms
- docilely
- docility
Related terms
- docent
- doctor
- doctorate
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- doctrine
- document
- indoctrinate
Translations
Anagrams
- cleido-, coiled, coldie
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin docilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?.sil/
- Rhymes: -il
Adjective
docile (plural dociles)
- docile
Derived terms
- docilement
Further reading
- “docile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin docilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.t??i.le/
Adjective
docile (plural docili)
- compliant, obedient, docile, meek
- Antonym: indocile
Derived terms
- docilità
- docilmente
Further reading
- docile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
docile
- nominative neuter singular of docilis
- accusative neuter singular of docilis
- vocative neuter singular of docilis
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enduring
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?d????/, /?n?d???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?dj?????/, /?n?dj?????/
- Rhymes: -?????
- Hyphenation: en?dur?ing
Adjective
enduring (comparative more enduring, superlative most enduring)
- Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.
Synonyms
- diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
Related terms
durativeendureperduring
Translations
Verb
enduring
- present participle of endure
Noun
enduring (plural endurings)
- endurance
Anagrams
- rudening, unringed
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