Scrutiny vs Careful - What's the difference?
scrutiny | careful |
Intense study of someone or something.
* Milton
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
(obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
(obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
*, Bk.V:
*:‘Alas,’ sayde Sir Cadore, ‘now carefull is myne herte that now lyeth dede my cosyn that I beste loved.’
(obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
*:Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.
Having care (for); attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
:He was a slow and careful driver.
Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
:They made a careful search of the crime scene.
As a noun scrutiny
is intense study of someone or something.As a verb scrutiny
is to scrutinize.As an adjective careful is
full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.scrutiny
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(scrutinies)- Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny .