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Precision vs Mindfulness - What's the difference?

precision | mindfulness |

As nouns the difference between precision and mindfulness

is that precision is precision while mindfulness is awareness.

precision

Noun

  • The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
  • The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
  • (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Used for exact or precise measurement.
  • Made, or characterized by accuracy.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.}}

    mindfulness

    Noun

    (-)
  • awareness
  • inclination to be mindful or aware
  • (as understood in Buddhism and psychology) paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally
  • * 2014 , Who, What, Why: What Is Mindfulness? , BBC
  • The Oxford English Dictionary "also notes that the term is 'in weakened use'. It's been diluted from its origins to now encompass all manner of meditation techniques, treatments for daily stress, even ways to lose weight."

    Antonyms

    * mindlessness