Indifference vs Careless - What's the difference?
indifference | careless |
The state of being indifferent.
Unbiased impartiality.
Unemotional apathy.
* His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she was even human.
A lack of enthusiasm.
Unconcerned nonchalance.
* {{quote-book, year=1897, author=
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*:Good-humored, easy, and careless , he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.
Not concerned or worried (about).
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*:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.
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As a noun indifference
is indifference, uncaringness.As an adjective careless is
(lb) free from care; unworried, without anxiety.indifference
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.}}