Ignore vs. Omit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ignore and Omit
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Ignore
To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.
Omit
To fail to include or mention; leave out
Omitted an important detail from the report.
Ignore
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Omit
To fail or neglect to do (something)
Omitted his daily walk during our visit.
Ignore
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
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Omit
To fail or neglect (to do something)
I omitted to mention that I don't eat meat.
Ignore
(obsolete) Fail to notice.
Omit
(transitive) To leave out or exclude.
Ignore
(obsolete) Not to know.
Omit
(intransitive) To fail to perform.
Ignore
To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore.
Omit
To delete or remove; to strike.
Ignore
To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; - said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.
Omit
To neglect or take no notice of.
Ignore
Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
Ignoring Italy under our feet,And seeing things before, behind.
Omit
To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.
These personal comparisons I omit.
Ignore
Refuse to acknowledge;
She cut him dead at the meeting
Omit
To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect; to pass over.
Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age.
Ignore
Bar from attention or consideration;
She dismissed his advances
Omit
Prevent from being included or considered or accepted;
The bad results were excluded from the report
Leave off the top piece
Ignore
Fail to notice
Omit
Leave undone or leave out;
How could I miss that typo?
The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
Ignore
Give little or no attention to;
Disregard the errors
Ignore
Be ignorant of or in the dark about
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