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Stifled vs Ignored - What's the difference?

stifled | ignored |

As verbs the difference between stifled and ignored

is that stifled is past tense of stifle while ignored is past tense of ignore.

As an adjective stifled

is that has been interrupted, suppressed etc.

stifled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
    • The stifled attempt at reform led to further resentment.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stifle)

    • ignored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ignore)

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    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

    Related terms

    * ignorance * ignorant

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