Difference between Autonomous and Independent

What is the difference between Autonomous and Independent?

Autonomous as an adjective is self-governing. governing independently. while Independent as an adjective is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free

Autonomous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Self-governing. Governing independently. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules. Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Independent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; freenot affiliated with any political party

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.A neutral or uncommitted person.

We hope you now know whether to use Autonomous or Independent in your sentence.

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