Precaution vs Fastidiousness - 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 quality of being fastidious
*1974 , Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul , Pocket Books, New York, page 30
*:A sense of fastidiousness made the doctor choose the left side, near the door, when he slept in it himself with Clara.
As nouns the difference between precaution and fastidiousness
is that precaution is previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution while fastidiousness is the quality of being fastidious.As a verb precaution
is : To warn or caution beforehand. --Locke.precaution
English
Noun
(en noun)- The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution .
- to take precautions against risks of accident