evasion vs carelessness

carelessness vs evasion

evasion and carelessness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, carelessness is a hypernym of evasion; that is, carelessness is a word with a broader meaning than evasion:

evasion: 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 evasion include neglect, negligence, nonperformance.

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

Difference between evasion and carelessness

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