Ignore vs Distract - What's the difference?
ignore | distract |
To deliberately pay no attention to.
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, title= (obsolete) Fail to notice.
To divert the attention of.
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, title= (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
(obsolete) Insane; mad.
As verbs the difference between ignore and distract
is that ignore is while distract is to divert the attention of.As an adjective distract is
(obsolete) separated; drawn asunder.ignore
English
Verb
(ignor)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored , effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
Synonyms
* misheed * neglect * turn a blind eye * unmind * unheedAntonyms
* notice * recognize * watchDerived terms
* ignorableExternal links
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* ----distract
English
Verb
(en verb)Arsenal 1-0 Everton, passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
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Adjective
(-)- (Drayton)