The difference between Listen and Mind

When used as verbs, listen means to pay attention to a sound or speech, whereas mind means to remember.

Mind is also noun with the meaning: the ability for rational thought.

check bellow for the other definitions of Listen and Mind

  1. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To pay attention to a sound or speech.

    Examples:

    "Please listen carefully as I explain.  nowrap I like to listen to music."

  2. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.

    Examples:

    "You should listen for the starting gun."

  3. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

    Examples:

    "'Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because nowrap I was upset, OK?  nowrap Good children listen to their parents."

  4. Listen as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.

  1. Mind as a noun:

    The ability for rational thought.

    Examples:

    "Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever."

  2. Mind as a noun:

    The ability to be aware of things.

    Examples:

    "There was no doubt in his mind that they would win."

  3. Mind as a noun:

    The ability to remember things.

    Examples:

    "My mind just went blank."

  4. Mind as a noun:

    The ability to focus the thoughts.

    Examples:

    "I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing."

  5. Mind as a noun:

    Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.

    Examples:

    "He was one of history’s greatest minds."

  6. Mind as a noun:

    Judgment, opinion, or view.

    Examples:

    "He changed his mind after hearing the speech."

  7. Mind as a noun:

    Desire, inclination, or intention.

    Examples:

    "She had a mind to go to Paris."

    "I have half a mind to do it myself."

  8. Mind as a noun:

    A healthy mental state.

    Examples:

    "I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do herebynb..."

    "You are losing your mind."

  9. Mind as a noun (philosophy):

    The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.

    Examples:

    "The mind is a process of the brain."

  10. Mind as a noun:

    Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.

    Examples:

    "a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind"

  1. Mind as a verb (now, regional):

    To remember.

  2. Mind as a verb (now, rare, _, except in phrases):

    To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.

    Examples:

    "You should mind your own business."

  3. Mind as a verb (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions):

    To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

    Examples:

    "I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now."

  4. Mind as a verb:

    To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.

    Examples:

    "Would you mind my bag for me?"

  5. Mind as a verb (chiefly, in the imperative):

    To make sure, to take care ().

    Examples:

    "Mind you don't knock that glass over."

  6. Mind as a verb:

    To be careful about.

  7. Mind as a verb (United Kingdom, Ireland):

    Take note;

    Examples:

    "I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind''."

  8. Mind as a verb (obsolete):

    To have in mind; to intend.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Beaconsfield"

  9. Mind as a verb (obsolete):

    To put in mind; to remind.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek M. Arnold"

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