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culpable negligence vs negligence

negligence vs culpable negligence

culpable negligence and negligence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
culpable negligence Yes No No No
negligence Yes No No No
As nouns, negligence is a hypernym of culpable negligence; that is, negligence is a word with a broader meaning than culpable negligence:
  • culpable 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)
  • negligence: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Other hypernyms of culpable negligence include carelessness, neglect, nonperformance.
culpable negligence (noun) negligence (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 trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Difference between culpable negligence and negligence

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