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Meticulous vs Iterative - What's the difference?

meticulous | iterative |

As adjectives the difference between meticulous and iterative

is that meticulous is timid, fearful, overly cautious while iterative is of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop.

meticulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
  • Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
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    • , passage=The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.}}

    Synonyms

    * careful, precise, painstaking, rigorous, scrupulous * See also

    Antonyms

    * sloppy, careless, slapdash

    Derived terms

    * meticulosity, meticulousness

    External links

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    iterative

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop.
  • (grammar) Expressive of an action that is repeated with frequency.

    • Synonyms

    * (involving repetition of steps) repeated, repetitive * (grammar) frequentative

    Antonyms

    * (involving repetition of steps) noniterative

    Related terms

    * iterate * iteration ----