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Naive vs Impassive - What's the difference?

naive | impassive |

As adjectives the difference between naive and impassive

is that naive is while impassive is having, or revealing, no emotion.

naive

English

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
    • Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
  • (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
    • I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    Derived terms

    * naively * naivete * naivety * naiveness

    Related terms

    * naif *

    Anagrams

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    impassive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having, or revealing, no emotion.
  • Still or motionless.

    • Synonyms

    * apathetic, phlegmatic