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Attent vs Heed - What's the difference?

attent | heed |

As an adjective attent

is (archaic) attentive, heedful; intent.

As a noun heed is

heathen, pagan or heed can be heath.

attent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.9:
  • *:Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].
  • * Bible, 2 Chron. vi 40
    • Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.
  • * 1874 , , XIV
    • All patiently awaited the event
    Without a stir or sound, as if no less
    Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent .
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    heed

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Careful attention.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

    Usage notes

    * Often used with give, pay or take.

    Synonyms

    * (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • * Dryden
    • With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
  • * 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, " Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
    • Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
  • (archaic) To pay attention, care.