Consciousness vs Conscientious - What's the difference?
consciousness | conscientious |
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
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, title= Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
As a noun consciousness
is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.As an adjective conscientious is
thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.consciousness
English
Noun
(wikipedia consciousness)The machine of a new soul, passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}
Derived terms
* cyberconsciousness * hyperconsciousness * teleconsciousness * raise someone's consciousnessSee also
* being-for-itselfconscientious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
