Caution vs Oversight - What's the difference?
caution | oversight | Related terms |
Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
* Shakespeare
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
Security; guaranty; bail.
* Clarendon
One who gives rise to attention or astonishment.
A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
Supervision or management.
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As nouns the difference between caution and oversight
is that caution is precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction while oversight is an omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.As a verb caution
is to warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.caution
English
Noun
(en noun)- In way of caution I must tell you.
- The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted.
- Oh, that boy, he's a caution ! He does make me laugh.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* err on the side of caution * throw caution to the windAnagrams
* ----oversight
English
Noun
(en noun)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}