different between conscientious vs energetic

English

Etymology

From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin c?nscienti?sus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n?i??n??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n?i??n??s/

Adjective

conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)

1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.

2. Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).

Antonyms

• capricious
• impulsive

Derived terms

• conscientiously
• conscientiousness
• conscientious objector

Related terms

• conscience

Translations

Further reading

• conscientious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• conscientious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• energetick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin energeticus (16th c.), or its source, Ancient Greek ??????????? (energ?tikós), from ??????? (energé?, “to be active”), from ??????? (energós, “active”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??d??t?k/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n??d??t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k
• Hyphenation: en?er?get?ic

Adjective

energetic (comparative more energetic, superlative most energetic)

1. (sciences) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]
2. Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous. [from 18th c.]
3. (obsolete) Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent. [17th–20th c.]

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "energetic" is often applied: person, man, woman, child, life, material, particle, ion, healing, anatomy, etc.
• Where non-English languages use an adjective analogous to "energetic", English often uses "energy" attributively: "energy efficiency" is much more common than "energetic efficiency".

Derived terms

Related terms

• energetical

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French énergétique.

Adjective

energetic m or n (feminine singular energetic?, masculine plural energetici, feminine and neuter plural energetice)

1. energetic

Declension