Banausic vs Superficial - What's the difference?
banausic | superficial |
Shallow, lacking substance.
At face value.
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Of or pertaining to the surface.
Being near the surface.
(rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
(chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
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
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
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Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to the surface) surficialAntonyms
* in-depth * thorough * (lacking substance) substantiveNoun
(en noun)- He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.