Meticulous vs Efficient - What's the difference?
meticulous | efficient |
(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
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Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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Using a particular proportion of available energy.
Causing effects; producing results.
* Wilson
As adjectives the difference between meticulous and efficient
is that meticulous is timid, fearful, overly cautious while efficient is making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.meticulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* careful, precise, painstaking, rigorous, scrupulous * See alsoAntonyms
* sloppy, careless, slapdashDerived terms
* meticulosity, meticulousnessExternal links
* *efficient
English
Adjective
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- The efficient cause is the working cause.