Detail vs. Thorough — What's the Difference?

An individual part or item; a particular

In 17th century England, Thorough was a name given by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford to a scheme of his to establish absolute monarchy in England. Although "Thorough" is largely attributed to Strafford, its implementation can also be accredited to the Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud.

Particulars considered individually and in relation to a whole

Complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial

A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia

Exhaustively complete

A minute or thorough treatment or account

Painstakingly accurate or careful

A discrete part or portion of a work, such as a painting, building, or decorative object, especially when considered in isolation.

Absolute; utter

A representation of such a part or portion

Variant of through.

A small elaborated element of a work of art, craft, or design.

Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.

Such elements considered together

Utter; complete; absolute.

The rendering of artistic detail

(obsolete) Through.

A group of military personnel assigned to a particular duty, usually a fatigue duty.

A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

The duty assigned

Through.

To report or relate explicitly or in particulars

Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.

To provide with artistic or decorative detail

Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

To assign to a particular duty

Thoroughly.

To clean (a car interior, for example) meticulously.

Through.

To market to (a physician) the drugs sold by one's company,

A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

Painstakingly careful and accurate;

(uncountable) A profusion of details.

Very thorough; exhaustively complete;

(uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.

A part considered trivial enough to ignore.

(countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

A temporary unit or assignment.

An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.

A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

(paintings) A selected portion of a painting.

(transitive) To explain in detail.

(transitive) To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) lang=en}}

To assign to a particular task.

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; - used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.

A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower.

To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.

To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.

An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

A small part that can be considered separately from the whole;

Extended treatment of particulars;

A crew of workers selected for a particular task;

A temporary military unit;

Provide details for

Assign to a specific task;