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Infallible vs Humanitarian - What's the difference?

infallible | humanitarian |

As adjectives the difference between infallible and humanitarian

is that infallible is without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy while humanitarian is concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

As a noun humanitarian is

a person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

infallible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
  • He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible .
  • certain, sure.
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  • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}

    Synonyms

    * faultless * perfect * indefective

    Antonyms

    * fallible * defective * faultful * faulty * imperfect

    humanitarian

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.
  • Derived terms

    * humanitarianism