Thorough vs Industrious - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between thorough and industrious

is that thorough is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail while industrious is hard-working and persistent; worksome.

is through.

is a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

(etyl) .

* thoro

(en adjective)

painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail

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.

utter; complete; absolute

It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy.

* thoroughbred * thoroughgoing * thoroughly

A disyllabic form of (etyl) .

(English prepositions)

(obsolete) Through.

* , II.xii:

Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry / Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went [...].

* 1599 , , V. i. 109:

You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?

(en noun)

(UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

(Halliwell)

(en adjective)

Hard-working and persistent; worksome.

I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

* See also

* industriousness

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