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Thoroughgoing vs Meticulous - What's the difference?

thoroughgoing | meticulous | Related terms |

Thoroughgoing is a related term of meticulous.


As adjectives the difference between thoroughgoing and meticulous

is that thoroughgoing is complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail while meticulous is (archaic) timid, fearful, overly cautious.

thoroughgoing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail.
  • :He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.

    • meticulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
  • Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1943, author=
    • , passage=The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.}}

    Synonyms

    * careful, precise, painstaking, rigorous, scrupulous * See also

    Antonyms

    * sloppy, careless, slapdash

    Derived terms

    * meticulosity, meticulousness

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