Neglect vs Omit - What's the difference?
neglect | omit |
(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.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= The act of neglecting.
The state of being neglected.
Habitual lack of care.
To leave out or exclude.
To fail to perform.
(rare) To neglect or take no notice of.
In transitive terms the difference between neglect and omit
is that neglect is to fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness while omit is to fail to perform.As a noun neglect
is the act of neglecting.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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