Muse vs Careless - What's the difference?
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A source of inspiration.
(archaic) A poet; a bard.
To become lost in thought, to ponder.
To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
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To think on; to meditate on.
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An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia , Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416:
A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
(lb) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety.
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*:Good-humored, easy, and careless , he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.
Not concerned or worried (about).
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*:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes.
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As a noun muse
is .As an adjective careless is
(lb) free from care; unworried, without anxiety.muse
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) muse, from (etyl) .Noun
(s)- (Milton)
Usage notes
The plural musae'' can also be found, though it is much rarer than ''muses .Etymology 2
First attested in 1340. From (etyl) muser.Verb
(mus)- Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse , ne word to creature spake.
- He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) musse. See muset.Noun
(en noun)- Find a hare without a muse . (old proverb)
