different between catfall vs careful
catfall
English
Etymology
cat +? fall?
Noun
catfall (plural catfalls)
- (nautical) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
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careful
English
Alternative forms
- carefull (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??f?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?(?)?f?l/
Adjective
careful (comparative more careful, superlative most careful)
- Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
- Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
- (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
- (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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cautious
- See also Thesaurus:meticulous
Antonyms
- careless
Derived terms
- carefully
- carefulness
Translations
Anagrams
- acreful
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