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Conscientious vs. Eager

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Conscientiousadjective

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

‘He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.’;

Eageradjective

(obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid.

Conscientiousadjective

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.’;

Eageradjective

(obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Conscientiousadjective

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.’;

Eageradjective

Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

‘The hounds were eager in the chase.’; ‘I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays.’; ‘You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets.’;

Conscientiousadjective

Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; - said of actions.

‘A holy and conscientious course.’;

Eageradjective

Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

Conscientiousadjective

characterized by extreme care and great effort;

‘conscientious application to the work at hand’; ‘painstaking research’; ‘scrupulous attention to details’;

Eageradjective

(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

‘an eager algorithm’;

Conscientiousadjective

guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong;

‘a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice’;

Eagernoun

alternative form of eagre(tidal bore).

Conscientiousadjective

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

‘a conscientious man, he took his duties very seriously’;

Eageradjective

Sharp; sour; acid.

Conscientiousadjective

relating to a person's conscience

‘the individual is denied even the opportunity to break the law on conscientious grounds’;

Eageradjective

Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Eageradjective

Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

‘And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes.’; ‘How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!’; ‘When to her eager lips is broughtHer infant's thrilling kiss.’; ‘A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys.’; ‘Conceit and grief an eager combat fight.’;

Eageradjective

Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

‘Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself.’;

Eagernoun

Same as Eagre.

Eagernoun

a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Eageradjective

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy;

‘eager to learn’; ‘eager to travel abroad’; ‘eager for success’; ‘eager helpers’; ‘an eager look’;

Eageradjective

marked by active interest and enthusiasm;

‘an avid sports fan’; ‘a great walker’; ‘an eager beaver’;

Eageradjective

strongly wanting to do or have something

‘the man was eager to please’; ‘young intellectuals eager for knowledge’;

Eageradjective

(of a person's expression or tone of voice) keenly expectant or interested

‘small eager faces looked up and listened’;

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