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ingratiate vs cotton up

cotton up vs ingratiate

ingratiate and cotton up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ingratiate No No Yes No
cotton up No No Yes No
As verbs, cotton up is a hyponym of ingratiate; that is, cotton up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ingratiate:
  • ingratiate: gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  • cotton up: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
Other hyponyms of ingratiate include cozy up, play up, shine up, sidle up, suck up.
ingratiate (verb) cotton up (verb)
gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
Difference between ingratiate and cotton up

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