Flattery vs Obsequiousness - What's the difference?
flattery | obsequiousness | Synonyms |
(uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
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, chapter=2 (countable) An instance of excessive praise.
As nouns the difference between flattery and obsequiousness
is that flattery is excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour while obsequiousness is the quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.flattery
English
Noun
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.}}