Prudent vs. Circumspect — What's the Difference?

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense

Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.

Characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future

Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct.

Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.

Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.

Heedful of potential consequences;

Frugal, economical.

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; - opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.

Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.

Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment;

Showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence;