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Disregard vs Ignore - What's the difference?

disregard | ignore |

Ignore is a synonym of disregard.



As verbs the difference between disregard and ignore

is that disregard is to ignore; misregard while ignore is to deliberately pay no attention to.

As a noun disregard

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

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

    * *

    ignore

    English

    Verb

    (ignor)
  • To deliberately pay no attention to.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored , effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (obsolete) Fail to notice.

    • Synonyms

    * misheed * neglect * turn a blind eye * unmind * unheed

    Antonyms

    * notice * recognize * watch

    Derived terms

    * ignorable

    Related terms

    * ignorance * ignorant

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