Senseless vs Mindless - What's the Difference?
Definition as Adjective
- lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- requiring little mental effort
- not marked by the use of reason
- not mindful or attentive
- devoid of intelligence or thought
Definition as Adjective
- unresponsive to stimulation
- not marked by the use of reason
- (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Examples
- "the shrieking of the mindless wind"
- "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
- "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
- "a vacuous mind"; "a vacant expression"
- "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
- "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
- "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"