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Heed vs Attentiveness - What's the difference?

heed | attentiveness | Synonyms |

Heed is a synonym of attentiveness.


As nouns the difference between heed and attentiveness

is that heed is heathen, pagan or heed can be heath while attentiveness is the state or quality of being attentive.

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.

    • attentiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being attentive.

    • Anagrams

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