neglect vs omit

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. 

omit

verb
  • To neglect or take no notice of. 

  • To delete or remove; to strike. 

  • To leave out or exclude. 

  • To fail to perform. 

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