Meek vs. Subservient — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Meek and Subservient
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Meek
Showing patience and humility; gentle.
Subservient
Subordinate in capacity or function.
Meek
Easily imposed on; submissive.
Subservient
Obsequious; servile.
Meek
Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
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Subservient
Useful as a means or an instrument; serving to promote an end.
Meek
Submissive, dispirited.
Subservient
Useful in an inferior capacity.
Meek
(US) (of horses) To tame; to break.
Subservient
Obsequiously submissive.
Meek
Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.
Now the man Moses was very meek.
Subservient
Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other.
These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another.
Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit.
Meek
Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.
Subservient
Compliant and obedient to authority;
Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones
Meek
To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility.
Subservient
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
Meek
Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness;
Meek and self-effacing
Meek
Very docile;
Tame obedience
Meek as a mouse
Meek
Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant;
Compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others
A fine fiery blast against meek conformity
She looked meek but had the heart of a lion
Was submissive and subservient
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