The difference between Sycophant and Yes man
When used as nouns, sycophant means one who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another, whereas yes man means a person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
Sycophant is also verb with the meaning: to inform against.
check bellow for the other definitions of Sycophant and Yes man
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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.
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Yes man as a noun (idiomatic):
A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.