Wednesday, October 28, 2015

apathetic, apatetic

Apathetic or apathetic means not interested; unconcerned or indifferent--
Students should be intereseted in politics, not apathetic.
She gets excited about sports; he is apathetic.

Apatetic or apatetic means having or taking a form that makes camouflage or deception--
The insect's apatetic coloration helps him to elude potential enemies.
The caterpillars are apatetic; people don't usually notice them.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He was fascinated by the exhibit of apatetic coloring in insects; she was apathetic."

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