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Neglected vs Ignored - What's the difference?

neglected | ignored |

As verbs the difference between neglected and ignored

is that neglected is past tense of neglect while ignored is past tense of ignore.

As an adjective neglected

is suffering from neglect.

neglected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (neglect)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suffering from neglect.

    • ignored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ignore)

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    ignore

    English

    Verb

    (ignor)
  • To deliberately pay no attention to.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored , effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (obsolete) Fail to notice.

    • Synonyms

    * misheed * neglect * turn a blind eye * unmind * unheed

    Antonyms

    * notice * recognize * watch

    Derived terms

    * ignorable

    Related terms

    * ignorance * ignorant

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