Obsequious vs. Respectful — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Obsequious and Respectful
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Obsequious
Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
Respectful
Showing or marked by proper respect.
Obsequious
Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
Respectful
Marked or characterized by respect
It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.
They used highly respectful language when conversing with the elders.
Obsequious
(archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
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Respectful
Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.
With humble joi and with respectful fear.
Obsequious
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Respectful
Full of or exhibiting respect;
Respectful behavior
A respectful glance
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.
Respectful
Feeling or manifesting veneration
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.
Obsequious
Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
Obsequious
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Obsequious
Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;
Obsequious shop assistants
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