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Officious vs Meddling - What's the difference?

officious | meddling | Synonyms |

Officious is a synonym of meddling.


As adjectives the difference between officious and meddling

is that officious is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please while meddling is that meddles.

As a noun meddling is

action of the verb meddle .

As a verb meddling is

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officious

English

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * officious intermeddler

    meddling

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • That meddles.

    • Synonyms

    * annoying

    Derived terms

    * meddlingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Action of the verb meddle .
  • * 1835 , William Osburn, Doctrinal Errors of the Apostolical and Early Fathers (page 30)
    • It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here.

    Verb

    (head)