Incompetence vs. Negligence — What's the Difference?

The quality or state of being incompetent.

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and/or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

The state or quality of being negligent.

The quality or state of being incompetent; lack of physical, intellectual, or moral ability; lack of qualifications or training (for a particular task); insufficiency; inadequacy; as, the incompetency of a child for hard labor, or of an idiot for intellectual efforts.

A negligent act or a failure to act.

Lack of competency or legal fitness; incapacity; disqualification, as of a person to be heard as a witness, or to act as a juror, or of a judge to try a cause.

Failure to use the degree of care appropriate to the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another.

Lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

An act or omission showing such lack of care.

Inability of a part or organ to function properly

The state of being negligent.

The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.

The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.

The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.

Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern