Circumspect vs Polite - What's the difference?
circumspect | polite | Related terms |
Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
Well-mannered, civilized.
* (Alexander Pope)
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, title= (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
* (Isaac Newton)
(obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Circumspect is a related term of polite.
As adjectives the difference between circumspect and polite
is that circumspect is carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent while polite is well-mannered, civilized.As a verb polite is
(obsolete|transitive) to polish; to refine; to render polite.circumspect
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.
Synonyms
* (carefully aware of all circumstances) cautious, chary, prudent, thoughtful, vigilant, waryDerived terms
* circumspectly * circumspectivepolite
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
- rays of light falling on a polite surface
Usage notes
* The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* impolite * rudeDerived terms
* over-polite * politeness * polite societyVerb
(polit)- (Ray)