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Servile vs Obsequies - What's the difference?

servile | obsequies |

As an adjective servile

is of or pertaining to a slave.

As a noun servile

is (grammar) an element which forms no part of the original root.

As a verb obsequies is

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servile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a slave
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!
  • submissive or slavish
    • servile''' flattery; '''servile obedience
  • (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
    • a servile letter
  • (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e'' in ''tune .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.

    • Antonyms

    * radical

    Anagrams

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    obsequies

    English

    Noun

  • (label) funeral rites
  • see obsequy

    • Usage notes

    * the plural only usage is favored by the Oxford Dictionary obsequies ('obsequy' not listed)]. Oxford Dictionaries Online, Oxford University Press, and thus can be considered to be British, whereas Webster's dictionary, with prevalence of the usage in the plural being noted, gives both singular and plural forms of the word[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/obsequy obsequy. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. * in modern usage, not to be confused with obsequious

    References

    * The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. American Edition. Oxford University Press, 1997 * Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language . Random House, 1996. ----