different between exacting vs methodical

English

Etymology

exact +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zækt??/
• Rhymes: -ækt??
• Hyphenation: ex?act?ing

Adjective

exacting (comparative more exacting, superlative most exacting)

1. Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.
2. (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
3. (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.

Synonyms

• (difficult to satisfy): demanding
• (requiring precise accuracy, effort, care, or attention): demanding, niggly, pernickety
• (characterized by exaction): acquisitive, extortionate, grasping, money-grubbing, rapacious

Translations

Verb

exacting

1. Present participle and gerund of exact.

Derived terms

• exactingly
• exactingness

See also

• Thesaurus:fastidious
• Thesaurus:meticulous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”), +? -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

methodical (comparative more methodical, superlative most methodical)

1. In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
2. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.

   the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise

   • […] methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.

Synonyms

• systematic

Related terms

• methodic
• methodically
• methodological

Translations