different between donor vs careless

English

Alternative forms

• donour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do?n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??n?/
• Hyphenation: do?nor

Noun

donor (plural donors)

1. One who makes a donation.

   The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.

   The hospital is seeking an organ donor.

2. (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.

   a carbonyl donor molecule

Synonyms

• (person): donater, donator

Derived terms

Related terms

• donee

Translations

Anagrams

• Noord, rondo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English donor, from Middle English donoure, from Old French doneur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?.n?r/
• Hyphenation: do?nor

Noun

donor m (plural donoren or donors)

1. A donor.

   Synonyms: donateur, gever, schenker

2. An organ donor.

   Synonym: orgaandonor

Derived terms

• bloeddonor
• donorbloed
• donorgeld
• donorhart
• donorland
• donornier
• donororgaan
• donormoeheid
• donorweefsel
• donorzaad
• eiceldonor
• gelddonor
• orgaandonor
• spermadonor
• zaaddonor

Related terms

• donateur
• donatie
• doneren

Latin

Verb

d?nor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of d?n?

Romanian

Etymology

From French donneur.

Noun

donor m (plural donori)

1. donor

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English careles, from Old English carl?as (“careless, reckless, void of care, free from care, free”), equivalent to care +? -less. Cognate with Icelandic kærulaus (“careless, negligent”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??l?s/, /?k??l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??l?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?s

Adjective

careless (comparative more careless, superlative most careless)

1. Not concerned or worried (about). [from 11^thc.]

   • "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him."
     "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?"
     "This morning, before father went downtown."
     Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.

2. Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16^thc.]
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 49:

     I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.

3. (archaic) Free from care; unworried, without anxiety. [from 11^thc.]

   • Good-humored, easy, and careless, he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

• carelessly
• carelessness

Translations

Anagrams

• acreless, raceless, rescales