different between sincere vs innocent

English

Etymology

From Middle French sincere, from Latin sincerus (“genuine”), from Proto-Indo-European *sin- + *?er- (“grow”), from which also Ceres (“goddess of harvest”) from which English cereal.

Unrelated to sine (“without”) cera (“wax”) (folk etymology); see Wikipedia discussion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?s??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

sincere (comparative more sincere or sincerer, superlative most sincere or sincerest)

1. Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.

   I believe he is sincere in his offer to help.

2. Meant truly or earnestly.

   She gave it a sincere, if misguided effort.

3. (archaic) clean; pure

Synonyms

• earnest

Antonyms

• insincere

Related terms

• cereal
• Ceres
• crescent
• sincerity
• sincereness

Translations

Further reading

• sincere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sincere in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• cereins, ceresin, cerines, renices

Esperanto

Etymology

sincera +? -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin?t?sere/
• Hyphenation: sin?ce?re
• Rhymes: -ere

Adverb

sincere

1. sincerely

Antonyms

• malsincere (“insincerely”)

Italian

Adjective

sincere f pl

1. feminine plural of sincero

Anagrams

• censire, crisene, recensì, recinse, scernei, secerni

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

sinc?r? (not comparable)

1. uprightly, honestly, frankly, sincerely
   • 1st century, Catullus, Poem 109

     Di magni, facite ut vere promittere possit // atque id sincere dicat ex animo

Etymology 2

Adjective

sinc?re

1. vocative masculine singular of sinc?rus

References

• sincere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sincere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle French

Etymology

First attested in 1441, borrowed from Latin sinc?rus.

Adjective

sincere m or f (plural sinceres)

1. sincere (genuinely meaning what one says or does)

Descendants

• ? English: sincere
• French: sincère

References

Spanish

Verb

sincere

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of sincerarse.

English

Etymology

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocens (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + noc?ns, present participle of noce? (“to hurt”). Displaced native Old English uns?yldi?.

Alternative forms

• hinnocent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?sn?t/

Adjective

innocent (comparative more innocent, superlative most innocent)

2. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV. iii. 16.

     to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god

   • 2018 September 26, Brian Karem, "Bethesda Resident Describes "Culture Of Privilege" Leading To Exploitation And Abuse" in The Montgomery County Sentinel[1]

     "These were not innocent times," she said.

3. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
4. Naive; artless.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, V. ii. 37:

     I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;

5. (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
   • 2006, David J. Driscoll, Fundamentals of Pediatric Cardiology (page 43)

     Although an innocent murmur is not an obstacle to participation in sports and exercise, a pathologic murmur may necessitate restrictions on the child's physical activity.

6. (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
7. (with of) Lacking (something). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
8. Lawful; permitted.

9. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

Synonyms

• (free from blame or guilt): sackless, guiltless
• (free from sin): pure, untainted
• (naive): See also Thesaurus:naive

Antonyms

• (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act): guilty, nocent
• (naive): perverse

Related terms

• innocence
• innocently
• innocuous

Translations

Noun

innocent (plural innocents)

1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.

2. (obsolete) A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innocens, innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

innocent (masculine and feminine plural innocents)

1. innocent

Derived terms

• innocentment

Related terms

• innocència
• innocentada

See also

• El dia dels innocents on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocens, innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + noc?ns, present participle of noce? (“to hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?.s??/

Adjective

innocent (feminine singular innocente, masculine plural innocents, feminine plural innocentes)

1. innocent

Derived terms

• innocemment

Related terms

• innocence
• innocenter

Noun

innocent m (plural innocents, feminine innocente)

1. an innocent (innocent person)
2. (figuratively) a naive person

Further reading

• “innocent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).