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Innocent vs Nescient - What's the difference?

innocent | nescient |

As adjectives the difference between innocent and nescient

is that innocent is free from guilt, sin, or immorality while nescient is ignorant, unlearned.

As nouns the difference between innocent and nescient

is that innocent is those who are innocent; young children while nescient is an ignorant person.

innocent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
  • * 1606 , , IV. iii. 16:
    • to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb
  • Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
  • Naive; artless.
  • * 1600 , , V. ii. 37:
    • I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;
  • (obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.
    • an innocent medicine or remedy
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The spear / Sung innocent , and spent its force in air.
  • Having no knowledge (of something).
  • Lacking (something).
  • Lawful; permitted.
    • an innocent trade
  • Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
    • innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation

    Synonyms

    * (free from blame or guilt) sackless * (free from sin) pure, untainted * See also

    Antonyms

    * (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act) guilty, nocent

    Related terms

    * innocence * innocently * innocuous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Those who are innocent; young children.
    • The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
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    nescient

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an ignorant person
  • an unbeliever

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • ignorant, unlearned
  • unbelieving

    • Related terms

    * nescience ----