Wrist vs Careful - What's the difference?

As a noun wrist

is the complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.

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(en noun)

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

(engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

* wristwatch, wrist watch * limp-wristed * wrist-action

* carefull (obsolete)

(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.

* See also * See also

* careless

* carefully