different between scrupulous vs faithful

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

Alternative forms

• faithfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe??.f?l/

Adjective

faithful (comparative faithfuler or more faithful, superlative faithfulest or most faithful)

1. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

2. Having faith.
   • 2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion (page 162)

     The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church.

3. Reliable; worthy of trust.

4. Consistent with reality.

5. Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
   • 1976, "Missouri Breakers"[1]

     She wanted to be free to explore casual affairs, but her man had to be faithful .

6. (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.

Derived terms

• faithfully
• faithfulness

Translations

See also

• go to the wall for someone
• stand by
• true

Noun

faithful (plural faithfuls)

1. (in the plural) The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

2. Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.