Suppliant vs. Supplicant — What's the Difference?

Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.

A Supplicant, one who supplicates, is a term applied to humble petitioners, and in particular to University of Oxford students who have qualified but not yet been admitted into their degree. At both Oxford and Cambridge, students are presented during the degree ceremony with a form of words that begins with the Latin verb "supplicant".

A supplicant.

One who supplicates; a suppliant.

Entreating with humility.

Supplicating.

Supplying; auxiliary.

Begging, pleading, supplicating

One who pleads or requests earnestly.

One who comes to humbly ask or petition

Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.

(networking) A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.

Entreating; asking submissively.

One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

One who supplicates; a suppliant.

One praying humbly for something;

Someone who prays to God

Humbly entreating;

One praying humbly for something;

Humbly entreating;