Neglect vs Om - What's the difference?
neglect | om |
(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.
(Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 800:
* 2001 , Hazel Curry, The Guardian , 20 Oct 2001:
As nouns the difference between neglect and om
is that neglect is the act of neglecting while om is a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.As a verb neglect
is to fail to care for or attend to something.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.
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.
Derived terms
* benign neglect * neglectful * neglectfully * neglectfulnessNoun
Synonyms
* carelessness * negligenceom
English
Alternative forms
* aumNoun
(en noun)- In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.
- Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.