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Earnestness vs Conscientious - What's the difference?

earnestness | conscientious |

As a noun earnestness

is the quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

As an adjective conscientious is

thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.

earnestness

English

Noun

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  • The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • *:She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

    • conscientious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
    • He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

    Antonyms

    * capricious * impulsive

    Derived terms

    * conscientiously * conscientiousness * conscientious objector

    Related terms

    * conscience

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