Fawning vs Deferential - What's the difference?
fawning | deferential | Related terms |
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, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 servile flattery
* (Hannah More)
respectful and considerate; showing deference
(anatomy) of, or relating to the vas deferens
based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one's own conclusions
Fawning is a related term of deferential.
As a verb fawning
is .As a noun fawning
is servile flattery.As an adjective deferential is
respectful and considerate; showing deference.fawning
English
Verb
(head)citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
Noun
(en noun)- Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, / Lurking behind your honours and rewards; / Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings .