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Diligence vs Meticulousness - What's the difference?

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Diligence is a related term of meticulousness.


As nouns the difference between diligence and meticulousness

is that diligence is conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something while meticulousness is the state or characteristic of being meticulous.

diligence

Noun

(en noun)
  • conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
  • A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
  • * 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:
  • Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1879 , author= , title= , passage=Being in a civilised country of stage-coaches, I determined to sell my lady friend and be off by the diligence that afternoon.}}
  • (legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * due diligence

    Anagrams

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    meticulousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or characteristic of being meticulous.
  • Synonyms

    * meticulosity, painstakingness, scrupulousness