Caution vs Pains - What's the difference?
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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.
(used in plural) Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
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As nouns the difference between caution and pains
is that caution is precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction while pains is plural of lang=en.As verbs the difference between caution and pains
is that caution is to warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted while pains is third-person singular of pain.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
* ----pains
English
Noun
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
