Difference between Responsible and Liable

RESPONSIBLE vs LIABLE: ADJECTIVE

Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise.
Based on or characterized by good judgment or sound thinking.
Able to be trusted or depended upon; trustworthy or reliable.
Able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable for one's behavior.
Being a source or cause.
Involving important duties, the supervision of others, or the ability to make decisions with little supervision.
Required to render account; answerable.
Liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust.
Having an acceptable credit rating
Being the agent or cause
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable.
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned.
Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.

Held legally responsible
Legally obligated or responsible: : responsible.
Subject to undergoing or suffering something, especially something unpleasant. Used with to.
Likely. Often used with reference to an unfavorable outcome.
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun
Likely.
Subject to legal action
(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

Involving responsibility.
Able to answer or respond to any reasonable claim or to what is expected; able to discharge an obligation, or having estate adequate to the payment of a debt.
Answerable, as for an act performed or for its consequences, or for a trust reposed or a debt; accountable; specifically, in ethics, in general, having such a mental or moral character as to be capable of knowing and observing the distinction of right from wrong in conduct, and therefore morally accountable for one's acts; in particular (with reference to a certain act), acting or having acted as a free agent, and with knowledge of the ethical character of the act or of its consequences.
Or held accountable
Correspondent; answering; responsive.

Synonyms Incident, Subject, Likely, etc. (see incident); Apt, likely, etc. (see apt).
Fit; suitable.
Subordinate; subject.
Having an aptitude or tendency; subject; exposed, as to the doing or occurring of something evil, injurious, or erroneous: as, we are constantly liable to accidents; your plans are liable to defeat.
Bound in law or equity; responsible; answerable: as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

Committed, Tasked, Blamed, Culpable, Blame, Responsibility, Trusty, Responsible for, Creditworthy, Judicious, Causative, Trustworthy, Answerable, Liable, Accountable

Punishable, Responsibility, Obligated, Guilty, Answerable, Liability, Accountable, Unresistant, Nonimmune, Nonresistant, Apt, Nonexempt, Likely, Susceptible, Responsible

Involved, Committed, Blamed, Culpable, Blame, Responsibility, Trusty, Responsible for, Creditworthy, Judicious, Causative, Trustworthy, Answerable, Liable, Accountable

Punishable, Responsibility, Obligated, Guilty, Answerable, Liability, Accountable, Unresistant, Nonimmune, Nonresistant, Apt, Nonexempt, Likely, Susceptible, Responsible

Though he was not fully responsible at the time of the accident, it was his own fault that he was not responsible.
Ideal candidates for this certification exam include those responsible for building and deploying computer systems, and those responsible for the connectivity of systems.
The buyer is responsible for customs clearance, and if he fails to do this, he is responsible for the consequences.
Principles for Responsible Insurance and Principles for Responsible Investment.
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In addition, I make it very clear what I am responsible for and what the venue is responsible for.
Additionally, Data Subjects have the right to sue Responsible Parties and under specific circumstances, the Information Officer of the Responsible Party may be imprisoned.
He is ultimately responsible for unit safety; however; every soldier is responsible for safe training.
Officers are responsible for properly carrying their handguns and equally responsible to maintain control of those handguns.
Is responsible for implementation of new marketing campaigns: software project Manager responsible for the application delivery web.

Counsel was liable to the trustee for malpractice.
Pulajans liable at any time to enter Catbalogan.
Lawyer is not liable for negligence to Defendant.
Therefore, each spouse is equally liable for debts.
Indian tribe became liable under the UI Law.
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THE PARTIES AGREE THAT BLOCK SERVICES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES BUT WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INTEREST CHARGES.
Partners are liable up the amount of their contribution; however, they are jointly and severally liable for labor and tax obligations.
Generally, if you were liable to the IRS for tax debt before divorce, you will still be liable after divorce.
These jurisdictions are asserting that we are liable or jointly liable with hosts to collect and remit lodging taxes.