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Perfectionist vs Pedantic - What's the difference?

perfectionist | pedantic |

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.

As an adjective pedantic is

like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.

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

    pedantic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pedantick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
  • Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
  • Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
    • "On the contrary, the fall was perfectly safe; it was the impact with the ground that killed him".

    Related terms

    * pedant * pedantry

    Synonyms

    * (like a pedant) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky * (knowledge-peacock) (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious * (linguistically affected) fussy, nit-picky * See also

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