Independent vs. Individually — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Independent and Individually
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Independent
Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
Individually
Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human
Individual consciousness.
Independent
Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant
An independent mind.
Individually
By or for one person
Individual work.
An individual portion.
Independent
Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent
A decision independent of the outcome of the study.
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Individually
Existing as a distinct entity; separate
Individual drops of rain.
Independent
Often Independent Affiliated with or loyal to no one political party or organization.
Individually
Marked by or expressing individuality; distinctive or individualistic
An individual way of dressing.
Independent
Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity
An independent food store.
An independent film.
Individually
Special; particular
Each variety of melon has its individual flavor and texture.
Independent
Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting.
Individually
Serving to identify or set apart
"There was nothing individual about him except a deep scar ... across his right cheek" (Rebecca West).
Independent
Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working
A person of independent means.
Individually
A single human considered apart from a society or community
The rights of the individual.
Independent
Not dependent on other variables.
Individually
A human regarded as a distinctive or unique personality
Always treated her clients as individuals.
Felt he was quite an individual.
Independent
Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system.
Individually
A single organism as distinguished from a species, community, or group.
Independent
Independent Of or relating to the 17th-century English Independents.
Individually
A member of a collection or set; a specimen.
Independent
Often Independent One that is independent, especially a voter, officeholder, or political candidate who is not committed to a political party.
Individually
As individuals, separately, independently.
Independent
Independent A member of a movement in England in the 17th century advocating the political and religious independence of individual congregations.
Individually
In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself; as, every person must apply individually for admission.
How should that subsist solitarily by itself which hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby others subsist with it?
Independent
Independent Chiefly British A Congregationalist.
Individually
In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individually the same.
[Omniscience], an attribute individually proper to the Godhead.
Independent
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
Individually
Apart from others;
Taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square
The fine points are treated singly
Independent
(politics) Not affiliated with any political party.
The independent candidate
Independent
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
An independent property
Independent
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
A man of an independent mind
Independent
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
Independent
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
Independent
A neutral or uncommitted person.
Independent
(sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
Independent
Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
A dry, but independent crust.
Independent
Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
Independent
Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
Independent
Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
Independent
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
Independent
Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
Independent
Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions.
Independent
Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
Independent
One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
Independent
One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
Independent
A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Independent
A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Independent
Free from external control and constraint;
An independent mind
A series of independent judgments
Fiercely independent individualism
An independent republic
Independent
Not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
Independent
Of political bodies;
An autonomous judiciary
A sovereign state
Independent
Not contingent
Independent
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
Not controlled by a party or interest group
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