Punctilious vs Ceremonious - What's the difference?
punctilious | ceremonious |
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
* 2009 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Semantics: an introduction to meaning in language
Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious
Characterized by rigid formality
As adjectives the difference between punctilious and ceremonious
is that punctilious is strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions while ceremonious is fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious.punctilious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.
- Of course, humans do not treat time in such a punctilious fashion.