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Stilted vs Punctilious - What's the difference?

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Stilted is a related term of punctilious.


As adjectives the difference between stilted and punctilious

is that stilted is stiff and artificially formal while punctilious is strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.

stilted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • stiff and artificially formal
    • He gave a stilted bow and left.
  • pompous
  • (of a building) Supported by stilts.

    • Derived terms

    * stiltedly * stiltedness

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    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

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