Disbelief vs. Unbelief: What's the Difference?

Disbelief and Unbelief Definitions
Disbelief
Refusal or reluctance to believe.
Unbelief
Lack of belief or faith, especially in religious matters.
Disbelief
Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.
Unbelief
An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief
Disbelief
Astonishment.
I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.
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Unbelief
The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Disbelief
The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
Unbelief
Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,And scan his work in vain.
Disbelief
The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men.
Unbelief
A rejection of belief
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Disbelief
Doubt about the truth of something
Disbelief
A rejection of belief