Unction vs Insincere - What's the difference?
unction | insincere |
a salve or ointment
* Dryden
a religious or ceremonial anointing
* Milton
a balm or something that soothes
a smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess
divine or sanctifying grace
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
Not serious.
As a noun unction
is a salve or ointment.As an adjective insincere is
not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.unction
English
Noun
(en noun)- The king himself the sacred unction made.
- To be heir, and to be king / By sacred unction , thy deserved right.
insincere
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Janice's added glares showed that her apology was insincere.