Difference between Obsequious and Sycophant
What is the difference between Obsequious and Sycophant?
Obsequious as an adjective is obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes. while Sycophant as a noun is one who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another.
Obsequious
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient.
Sycophant
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another.One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
We hope you now know whether to use Obsequious or Sycophant in your sentence.
