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Superfluous vs Otiose - What's the difference?

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Otiose is a synonym of superfluous.



As adjectives the difference between superfluous and otiose

is that superfluous is in excess of what is required or sufficient while otiose is resulting in no effect.

superfluous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In excess of what is required or sufficient.
    • With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous .

    Synonyms

    * excessive, extraneous, extra, pleonastic, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagant

    Coordinate terms

    * gratuitous

    Related terms

    * superflux * superfluity * mellifluous

    otiose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resulting in no effect.
  • Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
  • Having no reason for being (); having no point, reason, or purpose.
  • * 1895 , , ch 3
    • On Friday morning, I had to be at my house affairs before seven; and they kept me in Apia till past ten, disputing, and consulting about brick and stone and native and hydraulic lime, and cement and sand, and all sorts of otiose details about the chimney – just what I fled from in my father’s office twenty years ago;
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    • (first two senses)

    Synonyms

    * (resulting in no effect): futile, ineffective * (reluctant to work): indolent, lazy, sluggish * (having no reason or purpose): superfluous, irrelevant, pointless

    Antonyms

    * (resulting in no effect): productive, useful * (reluctant to work): hardworking * (having no reason or purpose): essential, necessary

    Derived terms

    * otiosely * otioseness * otiosity