*Am a little leery in asking this, but going to go ahead and come out with it in spite of being ridiculed*

I know I am going to be ripped for even asking this, but I just have to know. Are the terms slave and submissive the same thing? If not, what is the difference?

I ask as in my studies when I did my paper, I had not delved into that aspect as I did not want to turn in a book on the subject of BDSM so I had to edit a few things out and just spoke on the basics.

*sitting back and watching the ridicule come in*