Docile vs. Submissive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Docile and Submissive
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Definitions
Docile➦
Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
Submissive➦
Inclined or willing to submit.
Docile➦
Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
Submissive➦
Obedient or passive.
Docile➦
Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
Submissive➦
(BDSM) One who submits to a dominant partner in BDSM practices.
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Docile➦
Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Such literature may well be anathema to those, who are too docile and petty for their own good.
Submissive➦
(rare) One who submits.
Docile➦
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
Submissive➦
Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Not at his feet submissive in distress,Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking.
Docile➦
Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.
The elephant is at once docible and docile.
Submissive➦
Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
With a submissive step I hasted down.
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Docile➦
Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;
The docile masses of an enslaved nation
Submissive➦
Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination;
Submissive servants
A submissive reply
Replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
Docile➦
Ready and willing to be taught;
Docile pupils eager for instruction
Teachable youngsters
Submissive➦
Willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
Docile➦
Easily handled or managed;
A gentle old horse, docile and obedient
Submissive➦
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
Slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
A slavish yes-man to the party bosses
She has become submissive and subservient
