Attentive vs Punctilious - What's the difference?
attentive | punctilious |
paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
* 2009 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Semantics: an introduction to meaning in language
As adjectives the difference between attentive and punctilious
is that attentive is paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely while punctilious is strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.attentive
English
Etymology
.Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
Synonyms
* reckfulAntonyms
* inattentive, recklessSee also
* alert * wary * watchfulAnagrams
* tentative ----punctilious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.
- Of course, humans do not treat time in such a punctilious fashion.