Ignore vs. Reject — What's the Difference?

To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.

To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

(transitive) To refuse to accept.

To pretend to not notice someone or something.

(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.

(obsolete) Fail to notice.

To refuse a romantic advance.

(obsolete) Not to know.

Something that is rejected.

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

An unpopular person.

To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; - said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.

(colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.

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.

(aviation) A rejected takeoff.

Refuse to acknowledge;

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

Bar from attention or consideration;

To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

Fail to notice

To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Give little or no attention to;

The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

Be ignorant of or in the dark about

Refuse to accept or acknowledge;

Refuse to accept;

Deem wrong or inappropriate;

Reject with contempt;

Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;

Refuse entrance or membership;

Dismiss from consideration;