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Vigilance vs Thoroughness - What's the difference?

vigilance | thoroughness |

As nouns the difference between vigilance and thoroughness

is that vigilance is alert watchfulness while thoroughness is the state of being thorough.

vigilance

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Alert watchfulness.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}
  • Close and continuous attention.
  • * 1837 March 4, (Andrew Jackson), Farewell Address
    • But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

    thoroughness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state of being thorough
  • attention to detail
  • *
    • Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.