Thorough vs Inclusive - What's the difference?
thorough | inclusive |
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.
including (almost) everything within its scope
including the extremes as well as the area between
(linguistics) of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed
As adjectives the difference between thorough and inclusive
is that thorough is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail while inclusive is including (almost) everything within its scope.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.thorough
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)
inclusive
English
(wikipedia inclusive)Adjective
(en adjective)- An inclusive list of Wiki formats
- Numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
- As the we' in ''If you want, '''we could go back to my place for coffee.
