neglect vs scorn

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. 

scorn

verb
  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

  • To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. 

  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

  • To reject, turn down. 

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

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