Abandoned vs Ignored - What's the difference?
abandoned | ignored |
Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents
* (rfdate), Thomson:
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
* 1919 , :
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
(abandon)
(ignore)
To deliberately pay no attention to.
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, title= (obsolete) Fail to notice.
As verbs the difference between abandoned and ignored
is that abandoned is past tense of abandon while ignored is past tense of ignore.As an adjective abandoned
is self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain.abandoned
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
Derived terms
* abandonednessSynonyms
* deserted * forsaken * corrupt * depraved * dissolute * graceless * reprobate * unprincipled * vicious * vile * wickedVerb
(head)References
ignored
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * * *ignore
English
Verb
(ignor)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored , effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools