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Exacting vs Industrious - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between exacting and industrious

is that exacting is making excessive demands; hard to satisfy while industrious is hard-working and persistent; worksome.

As a verb exacting

is present participle of lang=en.

exacting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making excessive demands; hard to satisfy.
  • Requiring precise accuracy
  • Synonyms

    * (excess attention to detail) See also * (careful attention to detail) See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * exactingly * exactingness

    industrious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hard-working and persistent; worksome.
  • I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * industriousness