Conscientious vs. Conscionable — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Conscientious and Conscionable

Definitions

Conscientious➦

Characterized by extreme care and great effort;

Conscientious application to the work at hand

Painstaking research

Scrupulous attention to details

Conscionable➦

Acceptable or permissible according to conscience

The debate over whether capital punishment is conscionable.

Conscientious➦

Wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly

A conscientious man, he took his duties very seriously

Conscionable➦

Conscientious; principled.

Conscientious➦

Relating to a person's conscience

The individual is denied even the opportunity to break the law on conscientious grounds

Conscionable➦

In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper.

Conscientious➦

Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled

A conscientious decision to speak out about injustice.

Conscionable➦

Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.

Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction.

Conscientious➦

Thorough and assiduous

A conscientious worker.

A conscientious effort to comply with the regulations.

Conscionable➦

Acceptable to your conscience

Conscientious➦

Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.

He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.

Conscientious➦

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).

The advice of wise and conscientious people.

Conscientious➦

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; - said of a person.

The advice of wise and conscientious men.