Disbelief or Disbelieve?

The second is correct. Disbelief is a noun. Disbelieve is a verb, and doesn't make sense in that context.

Albedo said:

The second is correct. Disbelief is a noun. Disbelieve is a verb, and doesn't make sense in that context.

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This:

You'd disbelieve something, but the state that results from disbelieving would be called disbelief.

Yup - agreed. Take the "dis" away and it might become easier. The word "belief" is a noun. I have a belief.

But "believe" is a verb. I believe, you believe, yesterday I believed and so on.

When you say "We spent the next few minutes in disbelief" what you are really saying is that you spent the next few minutes in a state of disbelief. That needs the noun.

However, you could just about say "We spent the next few minutes disbelieving." Not a great sentence admittedly...

Pushingfordream said:

Can you tell me the difference between the two sentences:

"We spent the next few minutes in disbelieve. We were both giddy with excitement."

whats difference?

We spent the next few minutes in disbelief. We were both giddy with excitement.

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The difference is that the first one is completely wrong, and the second is correct. Look both up in a dictionary. The difference should be obvious.

Gently, James.