Solicitous vs Officious - What's the difference?
solicitous | officious |
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
Anxious or concerned (usually followed by about'', ''for , etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
(obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please
Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services
As adjectives the difference between solicitous and officious
is that solicitous is disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful while officious is (obsolete) obliging, attentive, eager to please.solicitous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Solicitous of my reputation. -.
- He was solicitous for his advice. -.
- Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. - .
- The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. -.