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Precaution vs Fastidiousness - What's the difference?

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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)
  • Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
  • * John Henry Newman
  • The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution .
  • A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
  • to take precautions against risks of accident

    Derived terms

    * precautionary

    See also

    * prevention

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive): To warn or caution beforehand. --.
  • (rare): To take precaution against. --.
  • fastidiousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • 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.