Abhor vs Relish - What's the difference?
abhor | relish |
To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
* 1611 , Romans 12:9, (w):
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
* c. 1604 (William Shakespeare), Othello , act 4, scene 1:
To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
* c. 1613 (William Shakespeare), Henry VIII , act 2, scene 4:
(obsolete) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse;
* (Udall):
* (Milton):
(obsolete) Differ entirely from.
A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 12.
* Milton
* Addison
Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
* Alexander Pope
A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
* Macaulay
* Cowper
That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
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In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
(obsolete) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
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* Shakespeare
* Woodward
To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
* Dryden
To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of; to take great pleasure in.
* Shakespeare
* Atterbury
In lang=en terms the difference between abhor and relish
is that abhor is to turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject while relish is to taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of; to take great pleasure in.As verbs the difference between abhor and relish
is that abhor is to regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe while relish is (obsolete|intransitive) to taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.As a noun relish is
a pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.abhor
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(abhorr)- Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- It does abhor me now I speak the word.
- I utterly abhor , yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge.
- To abhor from those vices.
- Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law.
Synonyms
* hate * detest * loathe * abominate * See alsoReferences
* *relish
English
(wikipedia relish)Noun
(es)- A Laplander or Negro has no notion of the relish of wine.
- Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained / From this delightful fruit, nor known till now / True relish , tasting.
- When liberty is gone, / Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish .
- It preserves some relish of old writing.
- a relish for whatever was excellent in arts
- I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
Hyponyms
* See alsoVerb
(es)- honourable enterprises are accompanied with dangers and damages, as experience evinceth; they will make the rest of thy life relish the better.
- Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits.
- A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.
- a sav'ry bit that served to relish wine
- He relishes their time together.
- I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.
- Now I begin to relish thy advice.
- He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honours which he enjoys.