irregular vs neglect

irregular

noun
  • One who does not regularly attend a venue. 

  • A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics. 

adj
  • without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity 

  • rough 

  • not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal 

  • whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other) 

  • nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations 

  • not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language 

neglect

noun
  • Habitual lack of care. 

  • The act of neglecting. 

  • The state of being neglected. 

verb
  • To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness. 

  • To fail to care for or attend to something. 

  • To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight. 

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

How often have the words irregular and neglect occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )