Negligence vs Carelessness - What's the difference?
negligence | carelessness | Synonyms |
The state of being negligent.
(legal, singulare tantum) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
Lack of care.
Carelessness is a synonym of negligence.
As nouns the difference between negligence and carelessness
is that negligence is the state of being negligent while carelessness is lack of care.negligence
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(en-noun)Usage notes
* The breach of a duty of care is one element of the tort of negligence, but is also called (term); one must therefore take care to clarify what is meant.External links
* (wikipedia) ----carelessness
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- This accident was caused by carelessness .