Ignore vs. Neglect — What's the Difference?

To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.

In the context of caregiving, neglect is a form of abuse where the perpetrator, who is responsible for caring for someone who is unable to care for themselves, fails to do so. It can be a result of carelessness, indifference, or unwillingness and abuse.Neglect may include the failure to provide sufficient supervision, nourishment, or medical care, or the failure to fulfill other needs for which the victim cannot provide themselves.

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard

To pretend to not notice someone or something.

To fail to care for or attend to properly

(obsolete) Fail to notice.

To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight

(obsolete) Not to know.

The act or an instance of neglecting something

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

The state or fact of being neglected

To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; - said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.

Habitual lack of care

Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

Refuse to acknowledge;

(transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

Bar from attention or consideration;

(transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

Fail to notice

To ignore for the sake of simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

Give little or no attention to;

The act of neglecting.

Be ignorant of or in the dark about

The state of being neglected.

Habitual lack of care.

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.

To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.

Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.

Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.

Habitual carelessness; negligence.

The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.

Lack of attention and due care

The state of something that has been unused and neglected;

Willful lack of care and attention

The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Leave undone or leave out;

Fail to do something; leave something undone;

Fail to attend to;

Give little or no attention to;