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Finicky vs Censorious - What's the difference?

finicky | censorious |

As adjectives the difference between finicky and censorious

is that finicky is (informal) fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details while censorious is addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

finicky

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
  • ''The baby was finicky until her diaper was changed.
  • (informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care.
  • The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.

    Usage notes

    * The forms (finickier) and (finickiest) also exist, but are quite rare, and perhaps nonstandard. The forms (term) and (term) are much more common, and certainly standard.

    Synonyms

    * fastidious, fussy * See

    Derived terms

    * finickiness * finickity

    censorious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
  • * 2013 , Holly Baxter, Is masturbating in public a laughing matter?'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/20/masturbating-public-laughing-matter-sweden]
  • Elsewhere in Sweden recently, two underage girls pressed charges when a teenage boy exposed himself to them at a lake. The court decided, despite the victims' testimonies, that the offence was "not of a sexual nature" and dismissed it. But I'm guessing the girls didn't push for molestation charges because they were censorious prudes who would grow into knowing how to take such behaviour on the chin – they felt genuinely threatened, they took their concerns to court, and they deserved more than being told that they'd misread the situation all along.
  • Implying or expressing censure.
  • * censorious remarks
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