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Punctilious vs Finical - What's the difference?

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Punctilious is a related term of finical.


As adjectives the difference between punctilious and finical

is that punctilious is strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions while finical is finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.

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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    finical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), (Ulysses) :
    • Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.

    Derived terms

    * finick * finicking

    Related terms

    * finicky

    See also

    * jaunty