maintain vs neglect

maintain

verb
  • To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). 

  • To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. 

neglect

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. 

noun
  • Habitual lack of care. 

  • The act of neglecting. 

  • The state of being neglected. 

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