Main Difference
The main difference between Independant and Independent is that the Independant is a misspelling of independent and Independent is a Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others.
Independant vs. Independent
Which is correct: Independant or Independent
How to spell Independent?
Independent
Correct Spelling
Independant
Incorrect Spelling
ADVERTISEMENT
Independant (adjective)
misspelling of independent
Independent (adjective)
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
Independent (adjective)
Not affiliated with any political party.
"the independent candidate"
Independent (adjective)
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
"an independent property"
Independent (adjective)
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
"a man of an independent mind"
Independent (adjective)
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
Independent (noun)
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
Independent (noun)
A neutral or uncommitted person.
Independent (noun)
A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
Wiktionary
ADVERTISEMENT
Independent (adjective)
Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
Independent (adjective)
Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
Independent (adjective)
Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
Independent (adjective)
Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
Independent (adjective)
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
Independent (adjective)
Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
Independent (adjective)
Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions.
Independent (adjective)
Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
Independent (noun)
One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
Independent (noun)
One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
Webster Dictionary
ADVERTISEMENT
Independent (noun)
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Independent (noun)
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Independent (adjective)
free from external control and constraint;
"an independent mind"
"a series of independent judgments"
"fiercely independent individualism"
"an independent republic"
Independent (adjective)
not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Independent (adjective)
of political bodies;
"an autonomous judiciary"
"a sovereign state"
Independent (adjective)
not contingent
Independent (adjective)
of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
"the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
Independent (adjective)
not controlled by a party or interest group
Princeton's WordNet
