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Judicious vs Polite - What's the difference?

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Judicious is a related term of polite.


As adjectives the difference between judicious and polite

is that judicious is having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking while polite is well-mannered, civilized.

As a verb polite is

(obsolete|transitive) to polish; to refine; to render polite.

judicious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
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    • Synonyms

    * (having good judgement) sagacious

    polite

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Well-mannered, civilized.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
    • He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
  • * , chapter=4
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
  • (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
  • * (Isaac Newton)
    • rays of light falling on a polite surface

    Usage notes

    * The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * impolite * rude

    Derived terms

    * over-polite * politeness * polite society

    Related terms

    * polish

    Verb

    (polit)
  • (obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
    • (Ray)

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