Continual vs Conscientious - What's the difference?
continual | conscientious |
Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
(proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
(proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
As adjectives the difference between continual and conscientious
is that continual is recurring in steady, rapid succession while conscientious is thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.continual
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Alternative forms
* continuall (obsolete)Adjective
(-)Usage notes
In careful usage, continual refers to repeated'' actions “continual objections”, while continuous refers to ''uninterrupted'' actions or objects “continuous flow”, “played music continuously from dusk to dawn”. However, this distinction is not observed in informal usage, a noted example being the magic spell name “continual light” (unbroken light), in the game ''.References
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*conscientious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.