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Intolerance vs Ignorance - What's the difference?

intolerance | ignorance |

As a noun intolerance

is intolerance.

As a proper noun ignorance is

a personification of ignorance.

intolerance

English

Noun

(wikipedia intolerance)
  • (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • (countable) An intolerant word or action.
  • (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy.
  • Hyponyms

    * (medicine) food intolerance

    Antonyms

    * tolerance

    Anagrams

    *

    ignorance

    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