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Fatimah0786 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

'Egoistical' Vs 'Egotistical'

What is the difference between: 1."Sam is very egoistic" and "Sam is very egoistical."
2.What is the difference in meaning between the words 'egoistical' and 'egotistical'?
Thanks in advance
  

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There is no significant difference between egoistic and egotistic . Egotistic tends to be more negative and address a person's behavior , whereas egoistic more often describes someone's mindset or belief . Egoistical and egotistical are common and acceptable variants of the above words.

— Sijay

  • There is no significant difference between egoistic and egotistic .
  • Egotistic tends to be more negative and address a person's behavior , whereas egoistic more often describes someone's mindset or belief .
  • Egoistical and egotistical are common and acceptable variants of the above words.
  • In my part of the US, egotistical is probably the most common usage.
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There is no significant difference between egoistic and egotistic. Egotistic tends to be more negative and address a person's behavior, whereas egoistic more often describes someone's mindset or belief.

Egoistical and egotistical are common and acceptable variants of the above words.

In my
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Thanks for answering.

Could you please answer the first question too?
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SijayEgoistical and egotistical are common and acceptable variants of the above words.
That is to say, there is no difference in meaning at all between egoiost and egoistical, nor between egotiost and egotistical.

There may be a preference
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Sijaythere is no difference in meaning at all between egoiost and egoistical, nor between egotiost and egotistical.
I'm very sorry, obviously I mean there is no difference in meaning at all between egoistic and egoistical, nor between egotistic and egotistical.

Egoist and egotist are the noun for
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