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dodging vs carelessness

carelessness vs dodging

dodging and carelessness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dodging Yes No No No
carelessness Yes No No No
As nouns, carelessness is a hypernym of dodging; that is, carelessness is a word with a broader meaning than dodging:
  • dodging: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
  • carelessness: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
Other hypernyms of dodging include neglect, negligence, nonperformance.
dodging (noun) carelessness (noun)
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening the quality of not being careful or taking pains
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Difference between dodging and carelessness

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