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Analytical vs Meticulous - What's the difference?

analytical | meticulous |

As adjectives the difference between analytical and meticulous

is that analytical is of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment while meticulous is timid, fearful, overly cautious.

analytical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment
  • Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.
  • Derived terms

    * analytical chemistry * analytical table of contents

    meticulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
  • Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1943, author=
  • , passage=The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.}}

    Synonyms

    * careful, precise, painstaking, rigorous, scrupulous * See also

    Antonyms

    * sloppy, careless, slapdash

    Derived terms

    * meticulosity, meticulousness