Conscientious vs Decisive - What's the difference?
conscientious | decisive |
Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
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Marked by promptness and decision.
As adjectives the difference between conscientious and decisive
is that conscientious is thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well while decisive is .conscientious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
Antonyms
* capricious * impulsiveDerived terms
* conscientiously * conscientiousness * conscientious objectorExternal links
* * *decisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
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- A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.