The words are different parts of speech.
Compliant is an adjective, meaning conforming to rules or requirements.
Compliance is a noun, meaning the process of conforming, or the requirement to conform, as with rules or laws.
A contractor may be compliant with rules and restrictions, and would therefore be "in compliance."
Comparison: What's best or correct use of "Compliant", is it "Compliant with"? or "Compliant to"?The answer is: "Compliant with": "compliant with" is correct use. e.g. "People used to be compliant with nature's laws, and thus there used to be a harmony between human beings and nature. (See Ref @ "http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compliant")
If a person is compliant they can also be very agreeable. _________ A synonym for compliant would be obedient.
"Compliance of laws" indicates that the laws themselves are compliant. "Compliance with laws" indicates that someone is following the law.
The company worked hard to make sure all of its practices were compliant with the current government regulations. The word compliant is an adjective.
Compliant means cooperative. Not to be confused with "Complaint", an entirely different word. Example: "Sir, if you are compliant, things will go much easier with little frustration."
Behaves, obeys, is compliant
The term 'non-compliance' means that a person is not obeying the laws. When a person is being non-compliant, they are breaking the law.
The term "standards-compliant" relates to websites and browsers' compliance with web standards. These web standards were proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium.
Compliance is generally regarded as the inverse of the elastic spring constant which is usually denoted as "k" in most standardized text. The word compliance is a good fit since the larger the k value or "stiffness" of a particular spring is, the harder it is to displace it when a constant force is applied. In other words the spring is not so compliant when the k value is large. As a result of this reasoning compliance is the inverse of the stiffness of an elastic system (Compliance= 1/Stiffness=k^-1).
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There are quite a few ways you could use the word compliance in a sentence. You could say that someone was in compliance with the law.
'In order to become a member of the organization, compliance with its rules is required.' The word compliance is a noun.