Voluntary vs. Mandatory — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Voluntary and Mandatory
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Definitions
Voluntary➦
Done or undertaken of one's own free will
A voluntary decision to leave the job.
Mandatory➦
Required by law or mandate; compulsory
Wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists
Voluntary➦
Acting or done willingly and without constraint or expectation of reward
A voluntary hostage.
Voluntary community work.
Mandatory➦
Variant spelling of mandatary
Voluntary➦
Normally controlled by or subject to individual volition
Voluntary muscle contractions.
Mandatory➦
Required or commanded by authority; obligatory
Attendance at the meeting is mandatory.
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Voluntary➦
Capable of making choices; having the faculty of will
"This law of happiness ... resides in the exercise of the active capacities of a voluntary agent" (John Dewey).
Mandatory➦
Of, having the nature of, or containing a mandate.
Voluntary➦
Supported by contributions or charitable donations rather than by government appropriations
Voluntary hospitals.
Mandatory➦
Holding a League of Nations mandate over a territory.
Voluntary➦
Without legal obligation or consideration
A voluntary conveyance of property.
Mandatory➦
A mandatary.
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Voluntary➦
Done intentionally but without premeditation or deliberation, as when under the influence of an intense emotional reaction
Voluntary manslaughter.
Mandatory➦
Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.
Voluntary➦
A short piece of music, often improvised on a solo instrument, played as an introduction to a larger work.
Mandatory➦
Of, being or relating to a mandate.
Mandatory Palestine
Voluntary➦
A piece for solo organ, often improvised, played before, during, or after a religious service.
Mandatory➦
(disc golf) A sign or line that require the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
Voluntary➦
A volunteer.
Mandatory➦
A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.
Voluntary➦
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
Mandatory➦
Containing a command; preceptive; directory.
Voluntary➦
Done by design or intention; intentional.
If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
Mandatory➦
Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.
Voluntary➦
Working or done without payment.
Mandatory➦
Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract.
Voluntary➦
Endowed with the power of willing.
Mandatory➦
Same as Mandatary.
Voluntary➦
Of or relating to voluntarism.
A voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church
Mandatory➦
The recipient of a mandate
Voluntary➦
(obsolete) Voluntarily.
Mandatory➦
A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves
Voluntary➦
(music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
Mandatory➦
Required by rule;
In most schools physical education are compulsory
Attendance is mandatory
Required reading
Voluntary➦
A volunteer.
Voluntary➦
A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.
Voluntary➦
Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
Voluntary➦
Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
Our voluntary service he requires.
She fell to lust a voluntary prey.
Voluntary➦
Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
Voluntary➦
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
Voluntary➦
Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.
God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary, agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
Voluntary➦
Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
Voluntary➦
Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church.
Voluntary➦
One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
Voluntary➦
A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.
Voluntary➦
One who advocates voluntaryism.
Voluntary➦
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
Voluntary➦
Composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a service or performance
Voluntary➦
Of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled;
Man is a voluntary agent
Participation was voluntary
Voluntary manslaughter
Voluntary generosity in times of disaster
Voluntary social workers
A voluntary confession
Voluntary➦
Controlled by individual volition;
Voluntary motions
Voluntary muscles
