Elaborate vs Conscientious - What's the difference?
elaborate | conscientious |
Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
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Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
(used with'' on ''when used with an object ) To give further detail or explanation (about).
Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
As adjectives the difference between elaborate and conscientious
is that elaborate is highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated while conscientious is thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.As a verb elaborate
is (used with'' on ''when used with an object ) to give further detail or explanation (about).elaborate
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(elaborat)- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate ?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
conscientious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.