different between conscientious vs sedulous

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

Etymology

From Latin s?dulus (“diligent, industrious, sedulous; solicitous; unremitting; zealous”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality, generally in abundance). S?dulus is probably derived from s?dul? (“diligently; carefully; purposely; zealously”) (possibly from s?- (prefix meaning ‘without’) + dol? (singular of dolus (“deceit, deception; evil intent, malice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon”))) + -us (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?d???l?s/, /?s?dj?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?d???l?s/
• Hyphenation: se?dul?ous

Adjective

sedulous (comparative more sedulous, superlative most sedulous)

1. Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.

   Synonyms: assiduous; see also Thesaurus:industrious
2. Of an activity: carried out with diligence.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XVII [Uniform ed., p. 169]:

     He had much to learn about boys, and he learnt not by direct observation—for which he believed he was unfitted—but by sedulous imitation of the more experienced masters.

Derived terms

• sedulously
• sedulousness

Related terms

• sedulity

Translations

References

Further reading

• diligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sedulous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sedulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sedulous at OneLook Dictionary Search