Amenable vs. Compliant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Amenable and Compliant
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Amenable
Willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority
"a class that is all the more amenable to control for living perpetually under the threat of deportation" (Amitav Ghosh).
Compliant
Disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent
A compliant labour force
Amenable
Ready to consent; agreeable
Are you amenable to a change in schedule?.
Compliant
Meeting or in accordance with rules or standards
Food that is compliant with safety regulations
Amenable
Responsible to higher authority; accountable
Amenable to the law.
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Compliant
Having the property of compliance
The conversion of the gel to a much less compliant, rigid glass
Amenable
Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism
"The phenomenon of mind ... is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected" (Michael D. Lemonick).
Compliant
Inclined or willing to comply; obedient
Compliant inmates.
Amenable
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
Compliant
(Medicine) Properly following a prescribed course of treatment
A patient who was not compliant with his medications.
Amenable
Willing to comply; easily led.
Compliant
Displaying compliance
Gave compliant responses.
Amenable
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
Compliant
In compliance, as with a standard or regulation
Compliant with state emissions standards.
Medicare-compliant documentation.
Amenable
(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Compliant
Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
The suspect was compliant when arrested.
Tendon is compliant compared to bone.
Amenable
Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Compliant
Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.
The browser is standards-compliant.
Amenable
Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
Compliant
Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
Amenable
Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government.
Compliant
Disposed or willing to comply;
Children compliant with the parental will
Amenable
Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
Compliant
Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest;
Too acquiescent to challenge authority
A gentle and biddable soul
Children compliant with the parental will
Amenable
Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel.
Compliant
Easily influenced or imposed on
Amenable
Disposed or willing to comply;
Someone amenable to persuasion
The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak
Compliant
Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant;
Compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others
A fine fiery blast against meek conformity
She looked meek but had the heart of a lion
Was submissive and subservient
Amenable
Readily reacting to suggestions and influences;
A responsive student
Amenable
Liable to answer to a higher authority;
The president is amenable to the constitutional court
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