different between subservient vs bootlicking

English

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”)

subservient (comparative more subservient, superlative most subservient)

subservient

bootlicking

bootlicking (countable and uncountable, plural bootlickings)

servile behaviour
- 1951, The Library Assistant (volumes 44-45, page xiii)
  The most obvious — for a junior struggling to lift himself from the mire by his bootlickings — is to go to his Chief and say — frankly — "Out! I need the experience and you need a rest. Clear off for a month or two. I'll cope."

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