Contemn vs Neglect - What's the difference?
contemn | neglect | Synonyms |
(archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
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(label) To fail to care for or attend to something.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(label) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
(label) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
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, title= The act of neglecting.
The state of being neglected.
Habitual lack of care.
As verbs the difference between contemn and neglect
is that contemn is to disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt while neglect is to fail to care for or attend to something.As a noun neglect is
the act of neglecting.contemn
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(en verb)Synonyms
* despise, scorn * See alsoneglect
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(en verb)- I hope / My absence doth neglect no great designs.
- This, my long suffering and my day of grace, / Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
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