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Ignoble vs Servile - What's the difference?

ignoble | servile |

As adjectives the difference between ignoble and servile

is that ignoble is not noble; plebeian; common while servile is of or pertaining to a slave.

As a noun servile is

(grammar) an element which forms no part of the original root.

ignoble

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not noble; plebeian; common.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I was not ignoble of descent.
  • Not honorable; base.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A base, ignoble mind, / That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
  • * Gray
    • far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
  • Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ignoble")

    Synonyms

    * (common) common, plebeian, vulgar * (not honorable) degenerate, mean, base, despicable, dishonorable, reproachful, shameful, disgraceful, vile

    Antonyms

    * (common) noble * (not honorable) noble, honorable

    Derived terms

    * ignobility * ignobleness * ignobly

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    servile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a slave
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!
  • submissive or slavish
    • servile''' flattery; '''servile obedience
  • (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
    • a servile letter
  • (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e'' in ''tune .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.

    • Antonyms

    * radical

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