Ignore vs. Reject — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ignore and Reject
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Definitions
Ignore➦
To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.
Reject➦
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of
He rejected their version of what happened. The store rejected the merchandise because it was damaged.
Ignore➦
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Reject➦
(transitive) To refuse to accept.
She even rejected my improved offer.
Ignore➦
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Reject➦
(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
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Ignore➦
(obsolete) Fail to notice.
Reject➦
To refuse a romantic advance.
I've been rejected three times this week.
Ignore➦
(obsolete) Not to know.
Reject➦
Something that is rejected.
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.
Reject➦
An unpopular person.
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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.
Reject➦
(colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.
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.
Reject➦
(aviation) A rejected takeoff.
Ignore➦
Refuse to acknowledge;
She cut him dead at the meeting
Reject➦
To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers.
Reject me not from among thy children.
Ignore➦
Bar from attention or consideration;
She dismissed his advances
Reject➦
To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
Ignore➦
Fail to notice
Reject➦
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Ignore➦
Give little or no attention to;
Disregard the errors
Reject➦
The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Ignore➦
Be ignorant of or in the dark about
Reject➦
Refuse to accept or acknowledge;
I reject the idea of starting a war
The journal rejected the student's paper
Reject➦
Refuse to accept;
He refused my offer of hospitality
Reject➦
Deem wrong or inappropriate;
I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Reject➦
Reject with contempt;
She spurned his advances
Reject➦
Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;
His body rejected the liver of the donor
Reject➦
Refuse entrance or membership;
They turned away hundreds of fans
Black people were often rejected by country clubs
Reject➦
Dismiss from consideration;
John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
