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Vigilante vs Careful - What's the difference?

vigilante | careful |

As a noun vigilante

is a person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.

As an adjective careful is

(obsolete) full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.

vigilante

English

(wikipedia vigilante)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.

    • Derived terms

    * digilante

    Anagrams

    * ----

    careful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * carefull (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:‘Alas,’ sayde Sir Cadore, ‘now carefull is myne herte that now lyeth dede my cosyn that I beste loved.’
  • (obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
  • *:Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.
  • Having care (for); attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
  • :He was a slow and careful driver.
  • Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
  • :They made a careful search of the crime scene.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * careless

    Derived terms

    * carefully