What is the difference between child abuse & child neglect?

physical maltreatment of a child. Child neglect is a form of child abuse, and is a deficit in meeting a child's basic needs, including the failure to provide adequate health care, supervision, clothing, nutrition, housing as well as their physical, emotional, social, educational and safety needs.

Child abuse is when a child is forced to do illegal or sexual things. Child neglect is when parents failed to meet the child's standards such as food, water, shelter, and education