Egregious vs Gregarious - What's the difference?
egregious | gregarious |
Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
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* c1605 , , Act 2, Scene 3,
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
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Outrageously bad; shocking.
(of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
(zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
* 1972 , (Richard Adams), (Watership Down)
Gregarious is a descendant of egregious.
As adjectives the difference between egregious and gregarious
is that egregious is exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion while gregarious is describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.egregious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious .
Usage notes
The negative meaning arose in the late 16th century, probably originating in sarcasm. Before that, it meant outstanding in a good way. Webster also gives “distinguished” as an archaic form, and notes that its present form often has an unpleasant connotation (e.g., "an egregious error" ). It generally precedes such epithets as “rogue,” “rascal,” "ass," “blunderer”.gregarious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious .