Doubtful vs Cautious - What's the difference?
doubtful | cautious |
Subject to, or causing doubt
or showing doubt, sceptical
Undecided or of uncertain outcome
(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
*, Bk.XIV, Ch.vii:
*:‘With whom,’ seyde Sir Percivale, ‘shall I fyght?’ ‘With the moste douteful champion of the worlde.’
Improbable or unlikely
Suspicious, or of dubious character
Unclear or unreliable
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=E.R. Eddison, title=The Worm Ouroboros
, passage=The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.}}
careful; using or exercising caution; tentative
As adjectives the difference between doubtful and cautious
is that doubtful is subject to, or causing doubt while cautious is careful; using or exercising caution; tentative.doubtful
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Alternative forms
* doubtfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)cautious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He took a few cautious steps out the door.
