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Perfunctory vs Stoic - What's the difference?

perfunctory | stoic |

As adjectives the difference between perfunctory and stoic

is that perfunctory is done merely to discharge a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; aspiring only to minimum standards while stoic is (stoic).

As a noun stoic is

(stoic).

perfunctory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Done merely to discharge a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; aspiring only to minimum standards.
  • He did a perfunctory job cleaning his dad's car, finishing quickly but leaving a few spots still dirty.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
  • I caught the gist of what he was saying--which in effect was that he had found and captured this Galu, that she was his and that he defied anyone to question his right of possession. It appeared to me, as I afterward learned was the fact, that I was witnessing the most primitive of marriage ceremonies. The assembled members of the tribe looked on and listened in a sort of dull and perfunctory apathy, for the speaker was by far the mightiest of the clan.
  • * 1992 , Peter Bowbrick, The Economics of Quality, Grades, and Brands , p. 55,
  • Alternatively it may mean that a perfunctory search is enough to ensure that a purchase is acceptable, so less search is carried out.

    Synonyms

    * (performed out of routine) automatic, cursory, dutiful, mechanical, obligatory, slipshod, token, unthinking

    Antonyms

    * thoughtful

    See also

    * pro forma

    stoic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
  • A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
  • Adjective

    (Stoicism) (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
  • Not affected by pain or distress.
  • Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
  • Synonyms

    * (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassive

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