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Heartfelt vs Ingenuous - What's the difference?

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Heartfelt is a related term of ingenuous.


As adjectives the difference between heartfelt and ingenuous

is that heartfelt is felt or believed deeply and sincerely while ingenuous is naive and trusting.

heartfelt

English

Alternative forms

* heart-felt

Adjective

  • Felt or believed deeply and sincerely.
    • She expressed her heartfelt sympathies at the death of his mother.

    Synonyms

    * genuine, sincere, true

    Derived terms

    * heartfeltly * heartfeltness

    ingenuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Naive and trusting.
  • Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
  • * 1919 ,
    • "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?"
    "Of course not."
    "On your word of honour?"
    I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.
  • Unsophisticated; simple.
  • Unable to mask one's feelings.
  • Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * disingenuous

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with ingenious.