Conform vs. Rebel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conform and Rebel
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Definitions
Conform
To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications
A computer that conforms with the manufacturer's advertising claims.
Students learning to conform to school safety rules.
Rebel
A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader
Tory rebels
Rebel forces
Conform
To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards
"Our table manners ... change from time to time, but the changes are not reasoned out.
We merely notice and conform" (Mark Twain).
Rebel
Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader
The Earl of Pembroke subsequently rebelled against Henry III
Conform
To be similar in form or pattern
A windy road that conforms to the coastline.
A shirt that conforms to different body shapes.
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Rebel
To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
Conform
To bring into accord or agreement; cause to correspond or comply
"a woman who has conformed herself to the male-designed image of virtuous widowhood so that she can live in peace" (Jennifer Panek).
Rebel
To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
Conform
To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
Rebel
To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance
She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.
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Conform
To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
Rebel
One who rebels or is in rebellion.
Conform
(transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
Rebel
Rebel A Confederate soldier.
Conform
Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith.
Rebel
A person who resists or defies authority or convention
"In her own mind, Jan is ... a rebel, an iconoclast, a strange and estranged and angry freedom fighter" (Perri Klass).
Conform
To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; - usually with to or unto.
Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church.
Rebel
A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
A group of rebels defied the general's orders and split off from the main army.
My little sister is such a rebel - coming home late, piercing her ears, and refusing to do any of her chores.
Conform
To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; - with to or with.
A rule to which experience must conform.
Rebel
Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
Conform
To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.
About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day.
Rebel
(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
To rebel against the system
Conform
Be similar, be in line with
Rebel
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
Whoso be rebel to my judgment.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.
Conform
Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;
We must adjust to the bad economic situation
Rebel
One who rebels.
Rebel
To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
The murmur and the churls' rebelling.
Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord.
Rebel
To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
How could my hand rebel against my heart?How could your heart rebel against your reason?
Rebel
`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
Rebel
A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Rebel
Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Rebel
Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Rebel
Break with established customs
Rebel
Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers;
The rebel yell
Rebel
Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government;
The rebelling confederacy
