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Apathy vs Bored - What's the difference?

apathy | bored |

As a noun apathy

is complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.

As a verb bored is

(bore).

As an adjective bored is

suffering from boredom.

apathy

English

(wikipedia apathy)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818
    • , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=2 citation , passage=I opened it with apathy; the theory which he attempts to demonstrate and the wonderful facts which he relates soon changed this feeling into enthusiasm.}}

    Related terms

    * apatheism (pos n) * apathetic (pos a) * apatheia (pos n)

    bored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bore)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • suffering from boredom
  • uninterested, without attention
    • The piano teacher's bored look betrayed he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's boringly stereotype rendition of the brilliantly composed etudes
  • perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)

    • Related terms

    * bore * boredom * boring

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