Disregard or Discard - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between discard and disregard

is that discard is to throw away, to reject while disregard is to ignore; misregard.

is that discard is anything discarded while disregard is the act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.

(en noun)

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.

The government's disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.

(en verb)

To ignore; misregard.

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(en verb)

to throw away, to reject.

* I. Taylor

A man discards the follies of boyhood.

(card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

* Jonathan Swift

They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should resolve to discard them.

* cast away * dismiss * dispose * eliminate * get rid of * throw away * See also

(en noun)

Anything discarded.

A discarded playing card in a card game.

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* English heteronyms