Ignore vs. Avoid

Ignore vs. Avoid — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ignore and Avoid

Ignoreverb

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

Avoidverb

(transitive) to try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun

Ignoreverb

To pretend to not notice someone or something.

Avoidverb

to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from

I try to avoid the company of gamblers.

Ignoreverb

(obsolete) Fail to notice.

Avoidverb

To try not to do something or to have something happen

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Ignoreverb

(obsolete) Not to know.

Avoidverb

To make empty; to clear.

Ignoreverb

refuse to acknowledge;

She cut him dead at the meeting

Avoidverb

To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).

Ignoreverb

bar from attention or consideration;

She dismissed his advances

Avoidverb

To defeat or evade; to invalidate.

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Ignoreverb

fail to notice

Avoidverb

To emit or throw out; to void.

Ignoreverb

give little or no attention to;

Disregard the errors

Avoidverb

To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

Ignoreverb

be ignorant of or in the dark about

Avoidverb

To get rid of.

Avoidverb

To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

Avoidverb

To become void or vacant.

Avoidverb

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something;

Her former friends now avoid her

Avoidverb

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening;

Let's avoid a confrontationhead off a confrontationavert a strike

Avoidverb

refrain from doing something;

She refrains from calling her therapist too oftenHe should avoid publishing his wife's memoires

Avoidverb

refrain from certain foods or beverages;

I keep off drugsDuring Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day

Avoidverb

declare invalid;

The contract was annulledvoid a plea