Detail vs. Meticulous

(countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.

Example: ‘Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.’; ‘We missed several important details in the contract.’;

(uncountable) A profusion of details.

Example: ‘This etching is full of fine detail.’;

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

Something considered trivial enough to ignore.

Example: ‘I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.’;

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

Example: ‘The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.’;

A temporary unit or assignment.

A part distinct from the whole.

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

(paintings) a selected portion of a painting en

(transitive) to explain in detail

Example: ‘I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.’;

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

Example: ‘We need to have the minivan detailed.’;

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.

Example: ‘The details of the campaign in Italy.’;

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;

Example: ‘several of the details are similar’; ‘a point of information’;

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

Example: ‘it was perfect in all details’;

extended treatment of particulars;

Example: ‘the essay contained too much detail’;

a crew of workers selected for a particular task;

Example: ‘a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees’;

a temporary military unit;

Example: ‘the peace-keeping force includes one British contingent’;

provide details for

assign to a specific task;

Example: ‘The ambulances were detailed to the fire station’;

Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

(archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

Timid; fearful.

Taking great care to get every detail correct; working thoroughly and with precision; as, meticulous workmanship.

marked by precise accordance with details;

Example: ‘was worryingly meticulous about trivial details’; ‘punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette’;

marked by extreme care in treatment of details;

Example: ‘a meticulous craftsman’; ‘almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities’;