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Officious vs Overbearing - What's the difference?

officious | overbearing |

As adjectives the difference between officious and overbearing

is that officious is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please while overbearing is overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

officious

English

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * officious intermeddler

    overbearing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

    • Synonyms

    * demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * overbearingly

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