Difference between Carelessness and Recklessness

CARELESSNESS vs RECKLESSNESS: NOUN

Lack of care.
The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.
The state or quality of being careless; heedlessness; inattention; negligence.
Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
The quality of not being careful or taking pains

The state or quality of being reckless or heedless; perverse or desperate rashness.
The trait of giving little thought to danger

Failure, Fault, Nonchalance, Indiscretion, Disregard, Mismanagement, Complacency, Laxity, Negligent, Imprudence, Slackness, Recklessness, Nonperformance, Neglect, Negligence

Rash, Temerity, Rage, Apathy, Neglect, Unaccountability, Indiscretion, Negligence, Indifference, Carelessness, Imprudence, Stupidity, Irresponsibility, Foolhardiness, Rashness

Failure, Fault, Nonchalance, Indiscretion, Disregard, Mismanagement, Complacency, Laxity, Negligent, Imprudence, Slackness, Recklessness, Nonperformance, Neglect, Negligence

Unconsciousness, Rash, Rage, Apathy, Neglect, Unaccountability, Indiscretion, Negligence, Indifference, Carelessness, Imprudence, Stupidity, Irresponsibility, Foolhardiness, Rashness

Inadvertence, indifference, thoughtlessness, carelessness, erroneous belief or inattention.
His carelessness in this but Crispus and Gaius.
All his familiarity and carelessness had completely disappeared.
THIS OFTEN LEADS TO CARELESSNESS AROUND LOW VOLTAGES.
Culture and carelessness: constituting disability in South India.
Obviously, this one is the result of carelessness.
Something incorrectly done through ignorance or carelessness; mistake.
Long running tests are a symptom of carelessness.
Unfortunately, carelessness seems to be less than uncommon.
Discharging firearm through carelessness or within municipal limits.

It must rise to the level of recklessness.
He admitted his youthful recklessness and promised amendment.
Recklessness can lead to tumbles and damaged cargo.
SYN: Hastiness, precipitancy, recklessness, venturesomeness, temerity, precipitation, indiscretion.
This view was recklessness dressed up as realpolitik.
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Phelps acted with either fraudulent intent or recklessness.
If recklessness is a fault element for a physical element of an offence, proof of intention, knowledge or recklessness will satisfy that fault element.
Recklessness in regard to bodily health tends to recklessness in moral character.
For this section, proof of knowledge or recklessness is sufficient to establish the element of recklessness.