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Fastidiousness vs Scrutiny - What's the difference?

fastidiousness | scrutiny | Related terms |

Fastidiousness is a related term of scrutiny.


As nouns the difference between fastidiousness and scrutiny

is that fastidiousness is the quality of being fastidious while scrutiny is intense study of someone or something.

As a verb scrutiny is

(obsolete|rare) to scrutinize.

fastidiousness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being fastidious
  • *1974 , Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul , Pocket Books, New York, page 30
  • *:A sense of fastidiousness made the doctor choose the left side, near the door, when he slept in it himself with Clara.

    • scrutiny

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (scrutinies)
  • Intense study of someone or something.
  • * Milton
    • Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny .
  • Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
  • An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
  • A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
  • An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

    • Synonyms

    * examination * exploration * going-over (informal) * inquiry * inspection * investigation * perusal * probe * scan * survey * study

    Related terms

    * inscrutable * perscrutation * scrutator * scrutineer * scrutinize

    Verb

  • (obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.

    • External links

    * * * " * 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", scrûtnung * Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.). Scrutnung. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/027060