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Pushy vs Overbearing - What's the difference?

pushy | overbearing |

As adjectives the difference between pushy and overbearing

is that pushy is aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined while overbearing is overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

pushy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
    • Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC

    Related terms

    * push

    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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