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Obliging vs Gracious - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between obliging and gracious

is that obliging is happy and ready to do favours for others while gracious is kind and warmly courteous.

As a verb obliging

is present participle of lang=en.

As an interjection gracious is

expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

obliging

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happy and ready to do favours for others.

    • Synonyms

    * accommodating, willing

    Derived terms

    * obligingness

    Verb

    (head)

    • gracious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gratious (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • kind and warmly courteous
  • tactful
  • compassionate
  • indulgent, charming and graceful
  • elegant and with good taste
  • benignant

    • Derived terms

    * graciousness * graciously

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.