The difference between Lickspittle and Sycophant
When used as nouns, lickspittle means a fawning toady, whereas sycophant means one who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another.
When used as verbs, lickspittle means to play the toady, whereas sycophant means to inform against.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lickspittle and Sycophant
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Lickspittle as a noun:
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
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Lickspittle as a noun (by extension):
The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
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Lickspittle as a verb (transitive, and, intransitive):
To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
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Sycophant as a noun:
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
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Sycophant as a noun:
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
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Sycophant as a noun (obsolete):
An informer; a talebearer.
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Sycophant as a verb (transitive):
To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
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Sycophant as a verb (transitive):
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.