different between negligent vs oblivious

English

Etymology

From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin neglig?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??.l?.d??nt/

Adjective

negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

1. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Related terms

• negligence

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin neglig?ns.

Adjective

negligent (masculine and feminine plural negligents)

1. negligent

Related terms

• negligència
• negligir

Further reading

• “negligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “negligent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

negligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of neglig?

English

Etymology

From Middle English oblivious, from Latin obliviosus (“forgetful, oblivious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bl?v.i.?s/, /??bl?.vi.?s/

Adjective

oblivious (comparative more oblivious, superlative most oblivious)

1. (usually followed by to or of) Lacking awareness; unmindful; unaware, unconscious of.
2. Failing to remember; forgetful.

Derived terms

• obliviously
• obliviousness

Related terms

• oblivion
• oblivious transfer

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• oblyvyous, oblivyows

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obliviosus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?livius/, /?b?li?vius/

Adjective

oblivious

1. (Late Middle English, rare) forgetful

Related terms

• oblivion

Descendants

• English: oblivious

References

• “obl?vi?us, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.