Respectful, Respected, Respectable and Respective

##Respectful means showing respect.

e.g. It is not respectful to ignore what your parents say.

##Respected describes something or someone to whom respect is shown. (whether or not he is a respectable person)

e.g.  Mohan was respected by everyone he worked with.

##Respectable is used to describe someone of merit or importance. (but says nothing about whether anyone actually respects him or not)/ Regarded by society to be good, proper, or correct.

e.g.  They thought the stage had no life for a respectable lady.

Respectable is also used when something is adequate or acceptable in number, size, or amount.

e.g. Their profit grew by a respectable 2.6 per cent.

##Respective means belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things.

e.g. Mohan and Sohan chatted about their respective childhoods.

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