Difference between Promiscuous and Indiscriminate

What is the difference between Promiscuous and Indiscriminate?

Promiscuous as an adjective is made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition. while Indiscriminate as an adjective is without care or making distinctions, thoughtless.

Promiscuous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition. Made without careful choice; indiscriminate. Indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners. The mode in which a NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

Example sentence: When people do marriage right, they don't complain so much, and so their voices are silenced by the rabble of promiscuous charlatans peddling their pathetic world view as 'progressive.'

Indiscriminate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless.

We hope you now know whether to use Promiscuous or Indiscriminate in your sentence.

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