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Valetudinary vs Scrupulous - What's the difference?

valetudinary | scrupulous |

As adjectives the difference between valetudinary and scrupulous

is that valetudinary is (obsolete) sickly, infirm, valetudinarian while scrupulous is exactly and carefully conducted.

valetudinary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) sickly, infirm, valetudinarian
  • *{{quote-book, year=1727, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VI. (of XXI.), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="His Majesty began to become valetudinary ; and the hypochondria which tormented him rendered his humor very melancholy. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1887, author=Edmund Burke, title=The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It produces a weak valetudinary state of body, attended by all those horrid disorders, and yet more horrid methods of cure, which are the result of luxury on the one hand, and the weak and ridiculous efforts of human art on the other. }}

    Derived terms

    * valetudinariness

    scrupulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exactly and carefully conducted.
    • He is scrupulous in his finances.
  • Having scruples or compunctions.
    • He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.
  • Precise; exact or strict

    • Synonyms

    * meticulous, painstaking * worried * ethical, fair-minded, honourable, just, moral, righteous * See also

    Antonyms

    * unscrupulous

    Related terms

    * scrupulously * scrupulousness