Precaution vs Conscientiousness - What's the difference?
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Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
* John Henry Newman
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
(transitive): To warn or caution beforehand. --.
(rare): To take precaution against. --.
The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
Precaution is a related term of conscientiousness.
As nouns the difference between precaution and conscientiousness
is that precaution is precaution while conscientiousness is the state or characteristic of being conscientious.precaution
English
Noun
(en noun)- The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution .
- to take precautions against risks of accident