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Ingenuous vs Unaffected - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between ingenuous and unaffected

is that ingenuous is naive and trusting while unaffected is not affected or changed.

As a noun unaffected is

someone not affected, as by a disease.

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.

    unaffected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not affected or changed.
    • Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
  • Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
  • * 1812 , , Pride and Prejudice , Chapter 3:
    • Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.

    Derived terms

    * unaffectedly * unaffectedness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone not , as by a disease.

    • Synonyms

    * nonaffected (less common)