As adjectives the difference between conceited and egoistical
is that
conceited is having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc; vain and egotistical while
egoistical is caring about oneself rather than others.
As a verb conceited
is (
conceit).
conceited English
Etymology 1
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
* Jonathan Swift
- If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
* Bentley
- Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
(rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
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(obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
* Knolles
- He was pleasantly conceited , and sharp of wit.
(obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
* Evelyn
- A conceited chair to sleep in.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* conceitedly
* conceitedness
Etymology 2
See (conceit) (verb)
Verb
(head)
(conceit)
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egoistical English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Caring about oneself rather than others.
Egotistical.
Antonyms
* altruistic
Derived terms
* egoistically
Related terms
* egoism
* egoist
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