ill-treatment vs child neglect

ill-treatment and child neglect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ill-treatment	Yes	No	No	No
child neglect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, child neglect is a hyponym of ill-treatment; that is, child neglect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ill-treatment:

ill-treatment: cruel or inhumane treatment
child neglect: failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child

Other hyponyms of ill-treatment include child abuse, persecution, cruelty, inhuman treatment.

ill-treatment (noun)	child neglect (noun)
cruel or inhumane treatment	failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child

ill-treatment vs child neglect

ill-treatment and child neglect both are nouns.

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