Assiduous vs Impeccable - What's the difference?
assiduous | impeccable |
Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
* 1831 , , The Surgeon's Daughter , ch. 2:
* 1880 , , Washington Square , ch. 33:
* 1917 , , "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :
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Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
As adjectives the difference between assiduous and impeccable
is that assiduous is hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious while impeccable is perfect, without faults, flaws or errors.assiduous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
- He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.
- A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:
- Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.
Synonyms
* meticulous, diligent, sedulous * See alsoDerived terms
* assiduouslyReferences
impeccable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote. -
- He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English.
- It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.