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Precision vs Thoroughness - What's the difference?

precision | thoroughness |

As nouns the difference between precision and thoroughness

is that precision is the state of being precise or exact; exactness while thoroughness is the state of being thorough.

As an adjective precision

is used for exact or precise measurement.

precision

English

(wikipedia 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.
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    • , 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.}}

    thoroughness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state of being thorough
  • attention to detail
  • *
    • Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.