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Egocentric vs Pushy - What's the difference?

egocentric | pushy |

As adjectives the difference between egocentric and pushy

is that egocentric is selfish, self-centered while pushy is aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.

As a noun egocentric

is a person who is egocentric.

egocentric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • selfish, self-centered
  • Egotistical.
  • Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.

    • Anagrams

    * geocentric

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is egocentric.

    • pushy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
    • Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC

    Related terms

    * push