Difference between the meaning of hafs and warsh recitation of surah 98 verse 6

Assalam o alaikum! I was watching a video recently where someone pointed out that the hafs and warsh recitations of surah 98 verse 6 have different meaning. In hafs the word for worst of creatures is شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِ while in warsh it says شر البريئة the latter translates into worst of innocent. I've checked the translation for بريئة and it translates into innocent. These are neither same nor complimentary. How do you reconcile these two?