Irrespective vs Independent - What's the difference?
irrespective | independent |
heedless, regardless
* 1922 , , Miss Mapp , :
Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial.
* Rogers
(obsolete) disrespectful
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As adjectives the difference between irrespective and independent
is that irrespective is heedless, regardless while independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.As a noun independent is
a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.irrespective
English
Adjective
(-)- That alone, apart from Mr. Wyse’s old-fashioned notions on the subject, made telephoning impossible, for your summons was usually answered by his cook, who instantly began scolding the butcher irrespective and disrespectful of whom you were.
- an irrespective judgment
- According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God.
Derived terms
* irregardless (by confusion and conflation with regardless) * irrespective ofSee also
* irregardless English words affected by confusionindependent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
