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Ingenuous vs Jejune - What's the difference?

ingenuous | jejune |

As adjectives the difference between ingenuous and jejune

is that ingenuous is naive and trusting while jejune is not nutritious.

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.

    jejune

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Not nutritious.
  • Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
  • Naive; simplistic.
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    • Synonyms

    * insipid * puerile * See also ----