different between responsive vs response

English

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sp?ns?v/

Adjective

responsive (comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive)

1. answering, replying or responding
2. able to receive and respond to external stimuli
3. using antiphons; antiphonal
4. susceptible to the feelings of others
5. (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
6. (obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent
7. (obsolete) responsible
   • 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old

     he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese

Antonyms

• nonresponsive
• unresponsive

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.p??.siv/
• Homophone: responsives

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine singular of responsif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

responsive

1. inflection of responsiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine plural of responsivo

Anagrams

• provenisse

English

Etymology

From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin resp?nsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of resp?nsus, the perfect passive participle of responde?, from re (“again”) + sponde? (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???sp?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

response (plural responses)

2. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
4. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
5. An oracular answer.
6. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
7. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
8. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
9. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
10. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

Synonyms

• reaction

Derived terms

• consultary response

Related terms

Translations

References

• response in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

resp?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of resp?nsus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French response.

Noun

response f (plural responses)

1. response

Descendants

• French: réponse

Old French

Alternative forms

• responce
• respounce (Anglo-Norman)
• respounse (Anglo-Norman)
• respunse (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Variant of the masculine noun respons (also used as the past participle of respondre), itself a semi-learned word derived from Latin responsus.

Noun

response f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)

1. response

Descendants

• ? English: response
• French: réponse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (response, supplement)
• respuns on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the feminine noun repunse under the masculine noun respuns)