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Injustice vs Unfairness - What's the difference?

injustice | unfairness |

As nouns the difference between injustice and unfairness

is that injustice is absence of justice; unjustice while unfairness is the state of being unfair.

injustice

English

(wikipedia injustice)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Absence of justice; unjustice.
  • Violation of the rights of another person.
  • Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}}

    Synonyms

    * justicelessness * unjustice * wrong * wrength

    Related terms

    * just * justice * unjust

    Usage notes

    Beware that injustice and unjust use different prefixes (French injustice was borrowed into English, but injuste was not) – *unjustice'' and *''injust are incorrect.

    unfairness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state of being unfair
  • (uncountable) A lack of justice
  • (countable) An unjust act