carelessness vs negligence

carelessness and negligence both are nouns.

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

As nouns, carelessness and negligence are synonyms defined as:

carelessness and negligence: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Other synonyms of carelessness include neglect, nonperformance.

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

carelessness: the quality of not being careful or taking pains
negligence: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

Other hyponyms of carelessness include incaution, incautiousness, neglect, neglectfulness, unconscientiousness.

carelessness (noun)	negligence (noun)
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances	failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
the quality of not being careful or taking pains	the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

carelessness vs negligence

carelessness and negligence both are nouns.

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