forget vs neglect

forget

verb
  • To unintentionally not do, neglect. 

  • To lose remembrance of. 

  • To unintentionally leave something behind. 

  • To cease remembering. 

  • Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath). 

neglect

verb
  • To fail to care for or attend to something. 

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

  • 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. 

noun
  • Habitual lack of care. 

  • The act of neglecting. 

  • The state of being neglected. 

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