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Caring vs Conscientious - What's the difference?

caring | conscientious |

As adjectives the difference between caring and conscientious

is that caring is (of a person) kind, sensitive, empathetic while conscientious is thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.

As a verb caring

is .

As a noun caring

is the act of one who cares.

caring

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Kind, sensitive, empathetic.
  • She's a very caring person; she always has a kind word for everyone.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who cares.
  • * 1988 , Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Myth of Psychotherapy (page 183)
  • As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings .

    Anagrams

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    conscientious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
  • He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

    Antonyms

    * capricious * impulsive

    Derived terms

    * conscientiously * conscientiousness * conscientious objector