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Banausic vs Superficial - What's the difference?

banausic | superficial |

As adjectives the difference between banausic and superficial

is that banausic is mechanical; materialistic, uncultured while superficial is shallow, lacking substance.

As a noun superficial is

(chiefly in plural) a surface detail.

banausic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Mechanical; materialistic, uncultured.
  • utilitarian
  • Quotations

    * 1957 : , Justine , Faber, page 67 *: who almost by mistake pierced the hard banausic shell of Alexandria * 2003 : , Flesh in the Age of Reason , Penguin 2004, page 456 But how could man respect himself when he was always being brought down to earth by the most banausic things? * 2007 , The Times [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/modern_manners/article1726275.ece] *: You could fake philosophical unconcern, implying that such banausic matters are best left to your estate agent and factor: “I quite forget: my people look after such things.”

    superficial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shallow, lacking substance.
  • At face value.
  • *
  • Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
  • Of or pertaining to the surface.
  • Being near the surface.
  • (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
  • Synonyms

    * (of or pertaining to the surface) surficial

    Antonyms

    * in-depth * thorough * (lacking substance) substantive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
  • He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.