Respond
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A response. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To say something in return; to answer; to reply. To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord. To correspond; to suit. To satisfy; to answer.
Example sentence: If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond.
React
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
Example sentence: Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.