Casual vs Frivolous - What's the difference?
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Happening by chance.
* (Washington Irving)
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
* (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Employed irregularly.
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Happening or coming to pass without design.
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, chapter=8 Informal, relaxed.
Designed for informal or everyday use.
(British, NZ) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
(UK) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see .
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
A player of casual games.
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
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Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable prospect of success because of a lack of supporting legal or factual basis.
As adjectives the difference between casual and frivolous
is that casual is happening by chance while frivolous is silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.As a noun casual
is (british|nz) a worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.casual
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Alternative forms
* casuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- casual breaks, in the general system
- a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
- I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.
citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
Derived terms
* casually * casualization * smart casualSynonyms
*(happening by chance) accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional *(happening or coming to pass without design) unexpected * informalAntonyms
*(happening by chance) inevitable, necessary *(happening or coming to pass without design) expected, scheduled * ceremonial, formalNoun
(en noun)References
*Anagrams
* ----frivolous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- One of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk and frivolous lawsuits.