Official vs Officialese - What's the difference?
official | officialese |
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
Approved by authority; authorized.
sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal
Discharging an office or function.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-15, volume=410, issue=8878, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.
*2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 263:
*:These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […].
As nouns the difference between official and officialese
is that official is an office holder invested with powers and authorities while officialese is the typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.As an adjective official
is of or pertaining to an office or public trust.official
English
(wikipedia official)Adjective
(en adjective)- official duties
- an official statement or report
- an official drug or preparation
- the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
Antonyms
* unofficialNoun
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