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negligence vs willful neglect

willful neglect vs negligence

negligence and willful neglect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
negligence Yes No No No
willful neglect Yes No No No
As nouns, willful neglect is a hyponym of negligence; that is, willful neglect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than negligence:
  • negligence: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
  • willful neglect: a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
Other hyponyms of negligence include delinquency, dereliction, laxity, laxness, remissness, slackness.
negligence (noun) willful neglect (noun)
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Difference between negligence and willful neglect

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