Dependent vs. Reliant — What's the Difference?

Contingent on or determined by

Having or exhibiting reliance; dependent

Requiring someone or something for financial or other support

Having reliance on somebody or something.

(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word

Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.

Variant spelling of dependant

Relying on another for support;

Determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.

(Grammar) Subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word.

Relying on or requiring the aid or support of another

Needing to continue use of a drug or other substance or engagement in a specific activity in order to avoid experiencing withdrawal symptoms

(Archaic) Hanging down.

Also de·pen·dant One who relies on another, especially for financial support.

Relying upon; depending upon.

(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.

(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

Hanging down.

(US) One who relies on another for support

(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

(grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; - often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent.

Conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.

Addicted to drugs.

One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.

That which depends; corollary; consequence.

A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Not independent;

Contingent on something else

Of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;

Addicted to a drug