Punctilious vs Industrious - What's the difference?
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Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
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Hard-working and persistent; worksome.
As adjectives the difference between punctilious and industrious
is that punctilious is strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions while industrious is hard-working and persistent; worksome.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.
Synonyms
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*industrious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.