Dominant vs. Submissive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dominant and Submissive
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Dominant
Exercising the most power, control, or influence
The dominant nations during the Cold War.
Submissive
Inclined or willing to submit.
Dominant
Most abundant or conspicuous; predominant
"[The fireplaces'] shallow brick arches are a relief from the dominant squares and verticals of the windows and doors" (Stephen A. Kliment).
Submissive
Obedient or passive.
Dominant
Higher; overlooking
Dominant hills.
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Submissive
(BDSM) One who submits to a dominant partner in BDSM practices.
Dominant
Tending to be stronger than its counterpart or used for the most important tasks or in the most pressing situations
Which is your dominant eye? Throw the ball with your dominant arm.
Submissive
(rare) One who submits.
Dominant
(Genetics) Of, relating to, or being an allele that produces the same phenotypic effect in heterozygotes as in homozygotes.
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.
Dominant
(Ecology) Of, relating to, or being a species that is most characteristic of an ecological community and usually determines the presence, abundance, and type of other species.
Submissive
Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
With a submissive step I hasted down.
Dominant
(Music) Relating to or based on the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
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
Dominant
(Genetics) A dominant allele or a trait produced by a dominant allele.
Submissive
Willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
Dominant
(Ecology) A dominant species.
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
Dominant
(Music) The fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
Dominant
(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
Dominant
(music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
Dominant
(genetics) A gene that is dominant.
Dominant
A species or organism that is dominant.
Dominant
(BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
Dominant
Ruling; governing; prevailing
The dominant party controlled the government.
Dominant
Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
Dominant
Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
Dominant
(medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
Dominant
(music) Being the dominant
Dominant seventh
Dominant
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
Dominant
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
Dominant
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Dominant
Exercising influence or control;
Television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion
The dominant partner in the marriage
Dominant
Of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
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