Difference between Conservative and Buttoned-down

What is the difference between Conservative and Buttoned-down?

Conservative as an adjective is tending to resist change. while Buttoned-down as an adjective is

Conservative

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status. A fiscal conservative A political conservative A social conservative.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Tending to resist change. Based on pessimistic assumptions. Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism. Relating to the Republican party, regardless of its conservatism. Relating to the Conservative party. Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

Example sentence: Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

Buttoned-down

Part of speech: adjective

Definition:

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