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neglect vs miss

miss vs neglect

neglect and miss both are nouns.

neglect and miss both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neglect Yes No Yes No
miss Yes No Yes No
As verbs, neglect and miss are synonyms defined as:
  • neglect and miss: leave undone or leave out
Other synonyms of neglect include drop, leave out, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit.
As verbs, miss is a hyponym of neglect; that is, miss is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than neglect:
  • neglect: fail to do something; leave something undone
  • miss: fail to attend an event or activity
Other hyponyms of neglect include lose track, strike out, default, default on, choke, muff.
neglect (noun) miss (noun)
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
willful lack of care and attention a young female
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
lack of attention and due care
the state of something that has been unused and neglected
neglect (verb) miss (verb)
leave undone or leave out leave undone or leave out
give little or no attention to fail to experience
fail to attend to fail to reach
fail to do something; leave something undone feel or suffer from the lack of
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 neglect and miss

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