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Punctilious vs Conscientious - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between punctilious and conscientious

is that punctilious is strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions while conscientious is thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.

punctilious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
    • With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.
  • Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
  • * 2009 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Semantics: an introduction to meaning in language
    • Of course, humans do not treat time in such a punctilious fashion.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * punctiliously * punctiliousness

    Related terms

    * point * punctuate * punctual * punctuality * punctuation

    External links

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    conscientious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
    • He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

    Antonyms

    * capricious * impulsive

    Derived terms

    * conscientiously * conscientiousness * conscientious objector

    Related terms

    * conscience

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