Difference between Disregard and Ignore

What is the difference between Disregard and Ignore?

Disregard as a verb is to ignore. while Ignore as a verb is to deliberately pay no attention to.

Disregard

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To ignore.

Example sentence: Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

Ignore

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deliberately pay no attention to.Fail to notice.

Example sentence: When people are putting pressure on me I just completely ignore it.

We hope you now know whether to use Disregard or Ignore in your sentence.

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