The difference between Innocent and Perverse

When used as adjectives, innocent means free from guilt, sin, or immorality, whereas perverse means turned aside.

Innocent is also noun with the meaning: one who is innocent, especially a young child.

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  1. Innocent as an adjective:

    Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

  2. Innocent as an adjective:

    Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.

  3. Innocent as an adjective:

    Naive; artless.

  4. Innocent as an adjective (obsolete):

    Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.

    Examples:

    "an innocent medicine or remedy"

  5. Innocent as an adjective (with ''of''):

    Having no knowledge (of something).

  6. Innocent as an adjective (with ''of''):

    Lacking (something).

  7. Innocent as an adjective:

    Lawful; permitted.

    Examples:

    "an innocent trade"

  8. Innocent as an adjective:

    Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

    Examples:

    "innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation"

  1. Innocent as a noun:

    One who is innocent, especially a young child.

    Examples:

    "The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament."

  2. Innocent as a noun (obsolete):

    A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

  1. Perverse as an adjective:

    Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.

  2. Perverse as an adjective:

    Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.

  3. Perverse as an adjective (legal, of a verdict):

    Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.

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