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Reject vs Disregard - What's the difference?

reject | disregard |

As verbs the difference between reject and disregard

is that reject is to refuse to accept while disregard is to ignore; misregard.

As nouns the difference between reject and disregard

is that reject is something that is rejected while disregard is the act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.

reject

English

(wikipedia reject)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To refuse to accept.
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  • (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.

    • Synonyms

    * (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

    Antonyms

    * (refuse to accept) accept, take up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is rejected.
  • An unpopular person.

    • Synonyms

    * (something that is rejected) castaway * (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, alien

    Related terms

    * rejection English heteronyms

    disregard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.
    • The government's disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ignore; misregard.

    • Synonyms

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