Passive vs. Submissive

Passive vs. Submissive — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Passive and Submissive

Passiveadjective

Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

Submissiveadjective

Meekly obedient or passive.

Passiveadjective

Taking no action.

He remained passive during the protest.

Submissivenoun

(BDSM) One who submits to a dominant partner in sexual practices.

Passiveadjective

(grammar) Being in the passive voice.

Submissivenoun

(rare) One who submits.

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Passiveadjective

(psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.

Submissiveadjective

inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination;

submissive servantsa submissive replyreplacing troublemakers with more submissive people

Passiveadjective

(finance) Not participating in management.

Submissiveadjective

willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent

Passiveadjective

(aviation) Without motive power.

a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring

Submissiveadjective

abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;

slavish devotion to her job ruled her lifea slavish yes-man to the party bossesshe has become submissive and subservient
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Passivenoun

The passive voice of verbs.

Passivenoun

A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

Passivenoun

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb;

`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive

Passiveadjective

lacking in energy or will;

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself

Passiveadjective

peacefully resistant in response to injustice;

passive resistance

Passiveadjective

expressing thatthe subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb;

academics seem to favor passive sentences