different between scrupulous vs accurate

English

Etymology

From Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrupulosus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?u?.pj?.l?s/

Adjective

scrupulous (comparative more scrupulous, superlative most scrupulous)

1. Exactly and carefully conducted.

   He is scrupulous in his finances.
2. Having scruples or compunctions.

   He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.

3. Precise; exact or strict
4. Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity.

   Because I have a scrupulous conscience, I sometimes need to be reminded that not everything I do is sinful.

Synonyms

• meticulous, painstaking
• worried
• ethical, fair-minded, honourable, just, moral, righteous
• See also Thesaurus:meticulous

Antonyms

• unscrupulous

Related terms

• scrupulously
• scrupulousness
• scrupulosity

Translations

English

Etymology

• First attested in the 1610s.
• (exactness): First attested in the 1650s.
• From Latin acc?r?tus (“done with care”), perfect past participle of acc?r? (“take care of”); from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + c?r? (“take care”), from c?ra (“care”).
• See cure.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æk.j?.??t/, /?æk.j?.??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æk.j?.??t/

Adjective

accurate (comparative more accurate, superlative most accurate)

1. Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
2. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.

3. (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

Usage notes

• We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment.
• We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars.
• We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundancy; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness.
• We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions.

Synonyms

• correct
• exact
• just
• nice
• particular

Antonyms

• inaccurate

Derived terms

• accuracy
• accurately

Translations

Anagrams

• carucate

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

accurate

1. Inflected form of accuraat

Interlingua

Adjective

accurate (comparative plus accurate, superlative le plus accurate)

1. accurate

Related terms

• accuratia

Italian

Adjective

accurate f pl

1. feminine plural of accurato

Anagrams

• cacature

Latin

Etymology

From acc?r?tus (“elaborate, exact”)

Adverb

acc?r?t? (comparative acc?r?tius, superlative acc?r?tissim?)

1. carefully, precisely, exactly

Related terms

• acc?r?ti?
• acc?r?tus
• acc?r?

References

• accurate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accurate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accurate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)