Deprive vs Neglect - What's the difference?
deprive | neglect |
To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
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* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(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 deprive and neglect
is that deprive is while neglect is (label) to fail to care for or attend to something.As a noun neglect is
the act of neglecting.deprive
English
Verb
(depriv)- "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
- If we had been deprived' of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be ' deprived of philosophy.
Derived terms
* depriver (agent noun)Synonyms
* impoverishAntonyms
* enrichneglect
English
Verb
(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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