Difference between domestication and tame
Definitions
noun
- adaptation to intimate association with human beings
- accommodation to domestic life
- the attribute of having been domesticated
Examples
Of particular significance to ancient Arabia was the domestication of the dromedary (one-humped camel) in the southern part of the peninsula between 3000 and 2500 B.C.E.
MAVUSO MBHEKISENI: People were educated, through what we call domestication, that they should love one party, because that party gave them-will give them freedom.
Hardly a week goes by that I don't see another variation on the "serialism is to blame for classical's marginalization" trope, but I could just as easily argue that said marginalization correlates nicely with both the abandonment of experimental modernism and the domestication of radical minimalism.
Definitions
adjective
- brought from wildness into a domesticated state
- very restrained or quiet
- flat and uninspiring
- very docile
verb
- make less strong or intense; soften
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- correct by punishment or discipline
- make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
Examples
There were only a few rapids and they were extremely tame.
At 48, he is learning to tame his creative spirit and take on just a couple of projects at a time.
according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel
