different between methodical vs industrious

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?st?i.?s/

Adjective

industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)

1. Hard-working and persistent.
   • 1941, Ogden Nash, "The ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.

     The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

   I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:industrious

Antonyms

• lazy

Derived terms

• industriousness

Related terms

• industrial
• industry
• industriousness

Translations

Further reading

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