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Sycophancy vs Fawning - What's the difference?

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Sycophancy is a related term of fawning.


As nouns the difference between sycophancy and fawning

is that sycophancy is the fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery while fawning is servile flattery.

As a verb fawning is

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sycophancy

English

Noun

(sycophancies)
  • The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    fawning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • servile flattery
  • * (Hannah More)
    • Xantippus found his ruin ere it reached him, / Lurking behind your honours and rewards; / Found it in your feigned courtesies and fawnings .