neglect vs skip

skip vs neglect

neglect and skip both are nouns.

neglect and skip both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
neglect	Yes	No	Yes	No
skip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, skip is a hyponym of neglect; that is, skip is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than neglect:

neglect: leave undone or leave out
skip: bypass

Other hyponyms of neglect include forget, jump, pass over, skip over.

neglect (noun)	skip (noun)
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances	a mistake resulting from neglect
willful lack of care and attention	a gait in which steps and hops alternate
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)	skip (verb)
leave undone or leave out	bypass
give little or no attention to	cause to skip over a surface
fail to attend to	jump lightly
fail to do something; leave something undone	leave suddenly
	bound off one point after another
	intentionally fail to attend

Difference between neglect and skip

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