Ignorance vs Heed - What's the difference?
ignorance | heed |
The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information.
Careful attention.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
* Dryden
* 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "
(archaic) To pay attention, care.
As a proper noun ignorance
is a personification of ignorance.As a noun heed is
heathen, pagan or heed can be heath.ignorance
Alternative forms
* ignoraunceNoun
Derived terms
* ignorant * willful ignorance * ignorance is blissSynonyms
* unawareness * blindnessheed
English
Noun
(-)- 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, regardVerb
(en verb)- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
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.