conscientious vs scrupulous

conscientious and scrupulous both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conscientious	No	Yes	No	No
scrupulous	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, conscientious and scrupulous are synonyms defined as:

conscientious and scrupulous: characterized by extreme care and great effort

Other synonyms of conscientious include painstaking.

conscientious (adjective)	scrupulous (adjective)
guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong	having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
characterized by extreme care and great effort	characterized by extreme care and great effort