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Regardful vs Circumspect - What's the difference?

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Regardful is a related term of circumspect.


As adjectives the difference between regardful and circumspect

is that regardful is respectful while circumspect is carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.

regardful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Respectful.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:Itake care for the general, to have a regardfull respect of that which you leave behind you.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.7:
  • *:And evermore, when with regardfull sight / She looking backe espies that griesly wight / Approching nigh, she gins to mend her pace.
  • circumspect

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.
  • Being aware of the danger of upsetting her audience, she was somewhat circumspect in her comments.

    Synonyms

    * (carefully aware of all circumstances) cautious, chary, prudent, thoughtful, vigilant, wary

    Derived terms

    * circumspectly * circumspective