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Officious vs Perturb - What's the difference?

officious | perturb |

As an adjective officious

is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.

As a verb perturb is

to disturb; to bother or unsettle.

officious

English

Adjective

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

    * officious intermeddler

    perturb

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
  • (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
  • (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
  • (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.
  • Derived terms

    * perturbation * perturbative