Exhaustive vs. Thorough
Exhaustiveadjective
including every possible element
Exhaustiveadjective
fully comprehensive
Exhaustiveadjective
causing exhaustion; very tiring
Exhaustiveadjective
Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method.
Exhaustiveadjective
very thorough; exhaustively complete;
Thoroughadjective
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
Thoroughadjective
Utter; complete; absolute.
Thoroughpreposition
(obsolete) Through.
Thoroughnoun
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Thoroughpreposition
Through.
Thoroughadjective
Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
Thoroughadjective
Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
Thoroughadverb
Thoroughly.
Thoroughadverb
Through.
Thoroughnoun
A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Thoroughadjective
painstakingly careful and accurate;
Thoroughadjective
very thorough; exhaustively complete;
Thoroughadjective
complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial
Thoroughadjective
performed or written with great care and completeness
Thoroughadjective
taking pains to do something carefully and completely
Thoroughadjective
absolute (used to emphasize the degree of something, typically something unwelcome or unpleasant)
Thorough
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 is largely attributed to Strafford, its implementation can also be accredited to the Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud.
