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Invisible vs Ignored - What's the difference?

invisible | ignored |

As an adjective invisible

is unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.

As a verb ignored is

(ignore).

invisible

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
  • * (John Milton)
  • To us invisible , or dimly seen / In these thy lowest works.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
  • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible ” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
  • * 2013 , Jayne Smith, Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry (page 60)
  • The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.
  • Not appearing on the surface.
  • (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
  • (psychology) That is ignored by a person.
  • Synonyms

    * (not appearing on the surface) hidden, latent

    Antonyms

    * visible * apparent

    ignored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ignore)
  • Anagrams

    * * * * *

    ignore

    English

    Verb

    (ignor)
  • To deliberately pay no attention to.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored , effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (obsolete) Fail to notice.
  • Synonyms

    * misheed * neglect * turn a blind eye * unmind * unheed

    Antonyms

    * notice * recognize * watch

    Derived terms

    * ignorable

    Anagrams

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