Meticulous vs. Detailed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Meticulous and Detailed
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Definitions
Meticulous➦
Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.
Detailed➦
Having many details or facts; showing attention to detail
More detailed information was needed
Meticulous➦
(Archaic) Excessively careful and precise.
Detailed➦
Characterized by abundant use of detail or thoroughness of treatment
A detailed report on tax laws.
Meticulous➦
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
Meticulous search
Meticulous investigation
Meticulous knowledge
Meticulous report
Detailed➦
Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
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Meticulous➦
(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Detailed➦
Simple past tense and past participle of detail
Meticulous➦
Timid; fearful.
Detailed➦
Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, a detailed plan.
Meticulous➦
Taking great care to get every detail correct; working thoroughly and with precision; as, meticulous workmanship.
Detailed➦
Containing details; containing subordinate parts as well as more general discussion; - of a discourse; as, a specific and detailed account of the accident. Opposite of sketchy, general, vague.
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Meticulous➦
Marked by precise accordance with details;
Was worryingly meticulous about trivial details
Punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette
Detailed➦
Having fine or intricate added decoration.
Meticulous➦
Marked by extreme care in treatment of details;
A meticulous craftsman
Almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities
Detailed➦
Developed or executed with care and in minute detail;
A detailed plan
The elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion
The carefully elaborated theme
