Obey vs. Rebel — What's the Difference?

To carry out or fulfill the command, order, or instruction of.

A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader

To carry out or comply with (a command, for example).

Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader

To behave obediently.

To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.

(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.

To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.

(intransitive) To do as one is told.

To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance

To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

One who rebels or is in rebellion.

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

Rebel A Confederate soldier.

To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.

A person who resists or defies authority or convention

To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a ship obeys her helm.

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

To give obedience.

Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.

Be obedient to

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.

One who rebels.

To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.

To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.

`johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms

A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Break with established customs

Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers;

Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government;