skip vs neglect

neglect vs skip

skip and neglect both are nouns.

skip and neglect both are verbs.

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

As verbs, neglect is a hypernym of skip; that is, neglect is a word with a broader meaning than skip:

skip: bypass
neglect: leave undone or leave out

Other hypernyms of skip include drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit.

skip (noun)	neglect (noun)
a mistake resulting from neglect	failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
a gait in which steps and hops alternate	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

skip (verb)	neglect (verb)
bypass	leave undone or leave out
cause to skip over a surface	give little or no attention to
jump lightly	fail to attend to
leave suddenly	fail to do something; leave something undone
bound off one point after another
intentionally fail to attend

Difference between skip and neglect

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