different between negligence vs apathy

English

Etymology

From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??l?d???ns/
• Hyphenation: neg?li?gence

Noun

negligence (usually uncountable, plural negligences)

1. The state of being negligent.
2. (law, singular only) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
3. (law, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.

Usage notes

• The breach of a duty of care is one element of the tort of negligence, but is also called negligence; one must therefore take care to clarify what is meant.

Related terms

• negligent
• neglect
• endangerment

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Further reading

• negligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle French

Noun

negligence f (uncountable)

1. negligence (state of being negligent)

English

Etymology

From French apathie, from Latin apath?a, from Ancient Greek ??????? (apátheia, “impassibility”, “insensibility”, “freedom from emotion”), from ?????? (apath?s, “not suffering or having suffered”, “without experience of”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ????? (páthos, “anything that befalls one”, “incident”, “emotion”, “passion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.p?.?i/

Noun

apathy (usually uncountable, plural apathies)

1. Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

   Synonyms: indifference, neutrality

   Antonyms: empathy, sympathy

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