Obsequious vs. Litigious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Obsequious and Litigious
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Obsequious
Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
Litigious
Of, relating to, or characterized by litigation.
Obsequious
Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
Litigious
Tending to engage in lawsuits.
Obsequious
(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
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Litigious
Of or relating to litigation.
Obsequious
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Litigious
Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
Obsequious
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
His servants weeping,Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
Litigious
Argumentative or combative.
Obsequious
Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
There lies ever in "obsequious" at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another.
Litigious
Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation.
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out stillLitigious men, who quarrels move.
Obsequious
Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
Litigious
Quarrelsome; contentious; argumentative.
Obsequious
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Litigious
Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds,Distinguished acres of litigious grounds.
Obsequious
Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;
Obsequious shop assistants
Litigious
Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar.
Litigious
Of or relating to litigation
Litigious
Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;
A style described as abrasive and contentious
A disputatious lawyer
A litigious and acrimonious spirit
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