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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Question with "dismiss"?

Does "dismiss" and "disregard" mean exactly the same thing?

If so, then does both of them mean "to ignore" or "to neglect"?

Are all of these interchangeable?

Both "dismiss" and "disregard" listed as synonyms under the word "discount"? Does this mean that all these words are interchangeable and mean exactly the same thing?
  

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Hi, Let me ask whether you have looked in your dictionary at the definitions of these words. Are these definitions identical? I'd be surprised itf they are..

— Clive

  • Hi, Let me ask whether you have looked in your dictionary at the definitions of these words.
  • Are these definitions identical?
  • I'd be surprised itf they are..
  • Generally speaking, I would say that very few words in English, maybe none, are completely interchangeable.
  • Even if the meaning is close, one word will typically be more common, or in a different register, or different in some other way.
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Hi,



Let me ask whether you have looked in your dictionary at the definitions of these words. Are these definitions identical? I'd be surprised itf they are..



Generally speaking, I would say that very few words in English, maybe none, are completely interchangeable. Even if the meaning is close, one word will typically be more common, or in a different registe
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Okay...i understand that each word cannot always be substituted in the context of every sentences. But it certainly helps me to remember the group of words if they have identical meanings.

And yes i did consult my dictionary. They don't seem identical completely. However, some of these words are listed as synonyms in certain words and they all seemed, in
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Hi,

Yes, they are related.

I answered the way I did because you used the word 'exactly' twice in your original post.
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