Cautious vs. Consciousness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cautious and Consciousness
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Cautious
Showing or practicing caution; careful.
Consciousness
Consciousness, at its simplest, is sentience or awareness of internal and external existence. Despite millennia of analyses, definitions, explanations and debates by philosophers and scientists, consciousness remains puzzling and controversial, being "at once the most familiar and [also the] most mysterious aspect of our lives".
Cautious
Tentative or restrained; guarded
Felt a cautious optimism that the offer would be accepted.
Consciousness
The state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings
She failed to regain consciousness and died two days later
Cautious
Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative
He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.
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Consciousness
A person's awareness or perception of something
Her acute consciousness of Luke's presence
Cautious
Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.
Cautious feeling for another's pain.
Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue.
Consciousness
The state or condition of being conscious.
Cautious
People who are fearful and cautious;
Whitewater rafting is not for the timid
Consciousness
A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group
Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.
Cautious
Showing careful forethought;
Reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions
A cautious driver
Consciousness
Special awareness or sensitivity
Class consciousness.
Race consciousness.
Cautious
Avoiding excess;
A conservative estimate
Consciousness
Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation
A movement aimed at raising the general public's consciousness of social injustice.
Cautious
Cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent;
A cautious answer
Very cautious about believing everything she was told
Consciousness
In psychoanalysis, the conscious.
Cautious
Unwilling to take risks
Consciousness
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
Consciousness
The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.
Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or "ego" of its acts and affections; - in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine.
Consciousness
Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.
Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation.
And, when the steamWhich overflowed the soul had passed away,A consciousness remained that it had left. . . . images and precious thoughtsThat shall not die, and can not be destroyed.
The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness.
Consciousness
Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.
An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness.
Consciousness
An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation;
He lost consciousness
Consciousness
Having knowledge of;
He had no awareness of his mistakes
His sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
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