maltreatment vs child neglect

maltreatment and child neglect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maltreatment	Yes	No	No	No
child neglect	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

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

maltreatment vs child neglect

maltreatment and child neglect both are nouns.

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