bootlick

As a verb bootlick is

to seek favor from by , servile behavior.

As a noun bootlick is

(us) a toady or sycophant.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and bootlick

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while bootlick is (us) a toady or sycophant.

As a verb bootlick is

to seek favor from by , servile behavior.

In transitive terms the difference between sycophant and bootlick

is that sycophant is to play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously while bootlick is to seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.

As nouns the difference between toady and bootlick

is that toady is a sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage while bootlick is (us) a toady or sycophant.

As verbs the difference between toady and bootlick

is that toady is to behave like a toady (to someone) while bootlick is to seek favor from by , servile behavior.