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criminal negligence vs carelessness

carelessness vs criminal negligence

criminal negligence and carelessness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
criminal negligence Yes No No No
carelessness Yes No No No
As nouns, carelessness is a hypernym of criminal negligence; that is, carelessness is a word with a broader meaning than criminal negligence:
  • criminal negligence: (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
  • carelessness: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Other hypernyms of criminal negligence include neglect, negligence, nonperformance.
criminal negligence (noun) carelessness (noun)
(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) 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
Difference between criminal negligence and carelessness

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