Ingratitude vs Apathy - What's the difference?
ingratitude | apathy |
A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
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Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.
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As nouns the difference between ingratitude and apathy
is that ingratitude is a lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness while apathy is complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.ingratitude
English
Noun
(-)citation, passage=“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”}}
- Blondie: Tut, tut. Such ingratitude after all the times I saved your life.
Antonyms
* gratitudeapathy
English
(wikipedia apathy)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=I opened it with apathy; the theory which he attempts to demonstrate and the wonderful facts which he relates soon changed this feeling into enthusiasm.}}