Negligent vs Attentive - What's the difference?
negligent | attentive |
Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
(legal) Culpable due to negligence.
paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely
As adjectives the difference between negligent and attentive
is that negligent is negligent (culpable due to negligence) while attentive is paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.negligent
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* See alsoattentive
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Etymology
.Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.