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Abandoned vs Neglected - What's the difference?

abandoned | neglected |

As adjectives the difference between abandoned and neglected

is that abandoned is self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain while neglected is suffering from neglect.

As verbs the difference between abandoned and neglected

is that abandoned is (abandon) while neglected is (neglect).

abandoned

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain.
  • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents
  • * (rfdate), Thomson:
  • Free from constraint; uninhibited.
  • * 1919 , :
    • Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
  • (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

    • Derived terms

    * abandonedness

    Synonyms

    * deserted * forsaken * corrupt * depraved * dissolute * graceless * reprobate * unprincipled * vicious * vile * wicked

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abandon)

    • References

    neglected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (neglect)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suffering from neglect.