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Imprudence vs Craziness - What's the difference?

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Imprudence is a related term of craziness.


In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between imprudence and craziness

is that imprudence is (uncountable) the quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness while craziness is (uncountable) the state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

In countable|lang=en terms the difference between imprudence and craziness

is that imprudence is (countable) an imprudent act while craziness is (countable) the result or product of being crazy.

As nouns the difference between imprudence and craziness

is that imprudence is (uncountable) the quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness while craziness is (uncountable) the state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

imprudence

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.
  • (countable) An imprudent act.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1753, author=Theophilus Cibber, title=The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences , he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1891, author=Francois Coppee, title=Ten Tales, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Yes, for six months he threw all his medicines in the fire, and designedly committed all sorts of imprudences . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1903, author=S.C. Hill, title=Three Frenchmen in Bengal, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=This man finally fell a victim to his diplomacies, perhaps also to his imprudences . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1906 – 1921 , author= , title= , volume=1 , chapter=Encounter , passage=He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.}}

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    craziness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
  • (uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
  • (countable) The result or product of being crazy.