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Obliging vs Officious - What's the difference?

obliging | officious |

As adjectives the difference between obliging and officious

is that obliging is happy and ready to do favours for others while officious is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.

As a verb obliging

is .

obliging

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * accommodating, willing

    Derived terms

    * obligingness

    Verb

    (head)

    • officious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please
  • Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services

    • Derived terms

    * officious intermeddler