different between inadvertence vs remissness

English

Etymology

From Middle French inadvertance

Noun

inadvertence (countable and uncountable, plural inadvertences)

1. The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.

   Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.

2. An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.

English

Etymology

From remiss +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m?sn?s/

Noun

remissness (countable and uncountable, plural remissnesses)

1. The characteristic of being remiss

   Synonyms: carelessness, negligence, tardiness

   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     Impunity and remissenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things perswasion only is to work.

   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:

     I have copied them chiefly to show you the extreme remissness of the police, who, as far as I can understand from the Prefect, have not troubled themselves, in any respect, with an examination of the naval officer alluded to.

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