carelessness vs evasion

evasion vs carelessness

carelessness and evasion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carelessness	Yes	No	No	No
evasion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, evasion is a hyponym of carelessness; that is, evasion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than carelessness:

carelessness: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
evasion: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

Other hyponyms of carelessness include dereliction, comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, neglect of duty, dodging, escape.

carelessness (noun)	evasion (noun)
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances	the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
the quality of not being careful or taking pains	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
	the deliberate act of failing to pay money
	a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Difference between carelessness and evasion

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