different between derision vs neglect

English

Etymology

From Old French derision, from Latin d?r?si?nem, accusative of d?r?si?, from d?r?d?re ("to mock, to laugh at, to deride").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??????n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

derision (countable and uncountable, plural derisions)

1. Act of treating with disdain.
2. Something to be derided; a laughing stock.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 14:

     Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]

Related terms

• deride
• derider
• ridicule
• ridiculous
• ridiculosity

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Further reading

• derision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• derision in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Ironside, ironised, ironside, resinoid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negl?ctus, perfect passive participle of negleg? (“make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), a variant of necleg?, itself from nec (“not”) + leg? (“pick up, select”). Recorded since 1529, as noun since 1588.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

neglect (third-person singular simple present neglects, present participle neglecting, simple past and past participle neglected)

1. (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
2. (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

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

Synonyms

• (fail to care for): let slide
• (to omit to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore
• (failure due to carelessness): fail, forget

Antonyms

• (fail to care for): care, mind, reck; see also Thesaurus:care
• (to omit to notice): consider, notice, regard; see also Thesaurus:pay attention

Derived terms

Related terms

• negligee
• negligent
• negligence

Translations

Noun

neglect (countable and uncountable, plural neglects)

1. The act of neglecting.
2. The state of being neglected.
3. Habitual lack of care.

Synonyms

• carelessness
• negligence

Antonyms

• consideration
• notice
• regard

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