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Inattention vs Ignorance - What's the difference?

inattention | ignorance |

As nouns the difference between inattention and ignorance

is that inattention is want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect while ignorance is the condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information.

As a proper noun Ignorance is

a personification of ignorance.

inattention

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
  • An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

    • References

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    ignorance

    English

    (wikipedia ignorance) ("ignorance on Wikiquote")

    Alternative forms

    * ignoraunce

    Noun

  • The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information.

    • Derived terms

    * ignorant * willful ignorance * ignorance is bliss

    Synonyms

    * unawareness * blindness