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Ingenuous vs Kidnap - What's the difference?

ingenuous | kidnap |

As an adjective ingenuous

is naive and trusting.

As a verb kidnap is

to seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.

As a noun kidnap is

an instance of kidnapping.

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.

    kidnap

    English

    (kidnapping)

    Verb

  • To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of kidnapping.

    • Related terms

    * kidnapper, kidnaper * kidnappee, kidnapee

    Anagrams

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