Negligence vs Neglect - What's the difference?
negligence | neglect |
The state of being negligent.
(legal, singulare tantum) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
(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.
Neglect is a related term of negligence.
Neglect is a synonym of negligence.
As nouns the difference between negligence and neglect
is that negligence is the state of being negligent while neglect is the act of neglecting.As a verb neglect is
to fail to care for or attend to something.negligence
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(en-noun)Usage notes
* The breach of a duty of care is one element of the tort of negligence, but is also called (term); one must therefore take care to clarify what is meant.External links
* (wikipedia) ----neglect
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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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