different between aware vs inapprehension

English

Etymology

From Middle English aware, iwar, iware, ywar, from Old English ?ewær (“aware”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawar, from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“aware, cautious”), from Proto-Indo-European *worós (“attentive”), from *wer- (“to heed; watch out”). Cognate with Dutch gewaar, German gewahr, Swedish var, Icelandic varr.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??w??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??w??/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /??we??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: aware

Adjective

aware (comparative more aware or awarer, superlative most aware or awarest)

1. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

2. Conscious or having knowledge of something.

Synonyms

• (on one's guard): wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant
• (conscious of something): apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful

Antonyms

• unaware

Derived terms

• awareness
• locale-aware

Related terms

• wary
• beware

Translations

Japanese

Romanization

aware

1. R?maji transcription of ???

English

Etymology

in- +? apprehension

Noun

inapprehension (uncountable)

1. (rare) Failure to notice; failure to be aware of; lack of apprehension.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Purloined Letter":

     These, like the over-largely lettered signs and placards of the street, escape observation by dint of being excessively obvious; and here the physical oversight is precisely analogous with the moral inapprehension by which the intellect suffers to pass unnoticed those considerations which are too obtrusively and too palpably self-evident.

   • 1909, Raphael Sabatini, St Martin's Summer (2008 edition), ?ISBN, p. 29:

     He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said.

   • 1966, Paul J. Sharits, "Red, Blue, Godard," Film Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 27:

     Camile is naturally disgusted with Paul but he doesn't seem to apprehend her reason—it is this inapprehension of the obvious which creates the tension.

References

• inapprehension at OneLook Dictionary Search