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Nonchalant vs Sloppy - What's the difference?

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Nonchalant is a related term of sloppy.


As adjectives the difference between nonchalant and sloppy

is that nonchalant is casually calm and relaxed while sloppy is very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

nonchalant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Casually calm and relaxed.
    • We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
  • Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
    • He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.

    Synonyms

    * (casually calm) carefree, cool, mellow, easygoing * (indifferent) , unconcerned * See also

    sloppy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
    • The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
  • Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
    • The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
  • Imprecise or loose.
    • A sloppy''' measurement''; ''a '''sloppy fit!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * sloppiness

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