different between circumspection vs assiduity
circumspection
English
Etymology
From Old French circumspection, from Latin circumspectio; surface analysis circum- +? spect +? -ion, "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders)
Noun
circumspection (countable and uncountable, plural circumspections)
- Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
- Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
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References
- circumspection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- circumspection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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assiduity
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See assiduus”)
Noun
assiduity (countable and uncountable, plural assiduities)
- Great and persistent toil or effort.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1845, Jordan Roche Lynch, The Hunterian Oration (page 8)
- With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
- 1559, translated by Thomas Paynell: Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace (1521)
- With difficulty could man be born into the world, or as soon as born would he die, leaving life at the very threshold of existence, unless the friendly hand of the careful matron, and the affectionate assiduities of the nurse, lent their aid to the helpless babe.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- I will stay even contrary to your wishes; and though you should persist to shun me, I will make my respectful assiduities atone for the levity of my past conduct.
- 1559, translated by Thomas Paynell: Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace (1521)
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