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Meticulous vs Perfectionist - What's the difference?

meticulous | perfectionist |

As an adjective meticulous

is timid, fearful, overly cautious.

As a noun perfectionist is

one who has a propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

meticulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
  • Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1943, author=
    • , 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

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    perfectionist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has a propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

    • Related terms

    * perfectionism * perfectionistic