Bound and Dependent

Bound

Bound adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.

Dependent and bound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dependent" instead an adjective "Bound".

Dependent

Dependent adjective - Extending freely from a support from above.

Bound and dependent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound" instead an adjective "Dependent".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Dark Lord on Life Support Technically, GLaDOS falls under this trope, since she is bound to the facility and dependent on the emotion cores and the local power supply.
  • Matriarch Marie Barone controls her adult family by seemingly eternal giving - of food, comforts, domestic help - which serves to keep her husband and sons as dependent man-children who are forever bound to her in a web of obligation.
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