Menial vs Ingratiating - What's the difference?
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Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
Of or relating to unskilled work. (rfex)
servile; low; mean
A servant, especially a domestic servant.
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, passage=The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.}}
A person who has a subservient nature.
Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another. The implication is often of flattery or insincerity.
As adjectives the difference between menial and ingratiating
is that menial is of or relating to work normally performed by a servant while ingratiating is which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another. The implication is often of flattery or insincerity.As a noun menial
is a servant, especially a domestic servant.As a verb ingratiating is
present participle of lang=en.menial
English
(wikipedia menial)Adjective
(en adjective)- His sister was a menial girl, but he sought to help her develop a mind of her own.
Noun
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ingratiating
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That was an ingratiating smile.
