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Officious vs Specious - What's the difference?

officious | specious |

In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between officious and specious

is that officious is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please while specious is (obsolete) beautiful, pleasing to look at.

As adjectives the difference between officious and specious

is that officious is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please while specious is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

officious

English

Adjective

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

    • Derived terms

    * officious intermeddler

    specious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
    • This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.
  • *1776 , Thomas Paine,
  • *:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
  • Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
  • (obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.

    • Synonyms

    * fallacious, insincere * (with appearance intended to generate a favorable response) meretricious

    Derived terms

    * speciosity * speciously * speciousness

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