Punctual vs Reliable - What's the difference?
punctual | reliable |
prompt or on time
# (of an event ) Happening at the appointed time
# (of a person ) Acting at the appointed time
(mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
(linguistics) Expressing momentary action that has no duration
Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
As adjectives the difference between punctual and reliable
is that punctual is prompt or on time while reliable is suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on|relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.As a noun reliable is
something or someone or dependable.punctual
English
Alternative forms
* punctuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Luis is never late; he's the most punctual person I know.
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* *reliable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
- The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
- According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.
