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miss vs neglect

neglect vs miss

miss and neglect both are nouns.

miss and neglect both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
miss Yes No Yes No
neglect Yes No Yes No
As verbs, miss and neglect are synonyms defined as:
  • miss and neglect: leave undone or leave out
Other synonyms of miss include drop, leave out, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit.
As verbs, neglect is a hypernym of miss; that is, neglect is a word with a broader meaning than miss:
  • miss: fail to attend an event or activity
  • neglect: fail to do something; leave something undone
Other hypernyms of miss include fail.
miss (noun) neglect (noun)
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
a young female willful lack of care and attention
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
lack of attention and due care
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
miss (verb) neglect (verb)
leave undone or leave out leave undone or leave out
fail to experience give little or no attention to
fail to reach fail to attend to
feel or suffer from the lack of fail to do something; leave something undone
fail to reach or get to
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
be without
fail to attend an event or activity
be absent
Difference between miss and neglect

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