Systematic vs Thorough - What's the difference?
systematic | thorough |
Carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
Methodical, regular and orderly
Of, or relating to taxonomic classification
(proscribed) Of, relating to, or being a system
painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail
utter; complete; absolute
(obsolete) Through.
* , II.xii:
* 1599 , , V. i. 109:
(UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
As adjectives the difference between systematic and thorough
is that systematic is carried out using a planned, ordered procedure while thorough is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.As a preposition thorough is
(obsolete) through.As a noun thorough is
(uk|dialect) a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.systematic
English
Alternative forms
* systematickAdjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* chaotic * haphazard * unsystematicDerived terms
* systematically * systematicity * systematicsthorough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Alternative forms
* thoroAdjective
(en adjective)- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
- He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
- It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy.
Derived terms
* thoroughbred * thoroughgoing * thoroughlyEtymology 2
A disyllabic form of (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry / Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went [...].
- You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?
Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)