care for vs neglect

care for

verb
  • To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable. 

  • To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide. 

neglect

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

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

  • To fail to care for or attend to something. 

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

noun
  • Habitual lack of care. 

  • The act of neglecting. 

  • The state of being neglected. 

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