The aim of this paper is to deduce oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the $n-$th order neutral differential equation $${(x\left(t\right)-px(t-\tau ))}^{\left(n\right)}-q\left(t\right)x\left(\sigma \left(t\right)\right)=0,$$ where $\sigma \left(t\right)$ is a delayed or advanced argument.

Necessary and sufficient conditions have been found to force all solutions of the equation $${\left(r\left(t\right)y^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)\right)}^{(n-1)}+a\left(t\right)h\left(y\left(g\left(t\right)\right)\right)=f\left(t\right),$$ to behave in peculiar ways. These results are then extended to the elliptic equation $${\left|x\right|}^{p-1}\Delta y\left(\right|x\left|\right)+a\left(\right|x\left|\right)h\left(y\right(g\left(\right|x\left|\right)\left)\right)=f\left(\right|x\left|\right)$$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplace operator and $p\ge 3$ is an integer.