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Disregard vs Emulate - What's the difference?

disregard | emulate |

As verbs the difference between disregard and emulate

is that disregard is to ignore; misregard while emulate is to attempt to equal or be the same as.

As a noun disregard

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

As an adjective emulate is

(obsolete) striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

disregard

English

Noun

(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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ignore; misregard.

    • Synonyms

    * *

    emulate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (emulat)
  • To attempt to equal or be the same as.
  • To copy or imitate, especially a person.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.}}
  • (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:
    • But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
  • (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

    • Related terms

    * emulation * emulator * emulous

    See also

    * mimic * copy * imitate * simulate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A most emulate pride.
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