Careful vs Carelessness - What's the difference?
careful | carelessness |
(obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
*, Bk.V:
*:‘Alas,’ sayde Sir Cadore, ‘now carefull is myne herte that now lyeth dede my cosyn that I beste loved.’
(obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
*:Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.
Having care (for); attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
:He was a slow and careful driver.
Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
:They made a careful search of the crime scene.
Lack of care.
As an adjective careful
is (obsolete) full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.As a noun carelessness is
lack of care.careful
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Alternative forms
* carefull (obsolete)Adjective
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* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* carelessDerived terms
* carefullycarelessness
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Noun
- This accident was caused by carelessness .