Perceptive vs Meticulous - What's the difference?
perceptive | meticulous |
having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition
(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.}}
As adjectives the difference between perceptive and meticulous
is that perceptive is having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition while meticulous is (archaic) timid, fearful, overly cautious.perceptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.