Inadvertence vs Neglect - What's the difference?
inadvertence | neglect | Related terms |
The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.
(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.
Inadvertence is a related term of neglect.
As nouns the difference between inadvertence and neglect
is that inadvertence is the state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence while neglect is the act of neglecting.As a verb neglect is
(label) to fail to care for or attend to something.inadvertence
English
Noun
- Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence .
- Inadvertency , or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. — Jeremy Taylor.
neglect
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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