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Lackadaisical vs Apathetic - What's the difference?

lackadaisical | apathetic |

As adjectives the difference between lackadaisical and apathetic

is that lackadaisical is showing no interest or enthusiasm while apathetic is void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

lackadaisical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing no interest or enthusiasm.
  • * 2010 ,
    • I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.
    the lackadaisical look on his face

    Synonyms

    * (showing no interest or enthusiasm) languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested * See also

    Derived terms

    * lackadaisically * lackadaisicalness

    Related terms

    * lackaday * lax

    apathetic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * apathetical

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
  • Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

    • Synonyms

    * indifferent. impassive

    Related terms

    * apatheism * apatheist

    References

    * English terms with alpha privatives