Abject vs Aversion - What's the difference?
abject | aversion |
(obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
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Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit.
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Showing utter hopelessness; helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
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(obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
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(obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
English heteronyms
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Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
In obsolete terms the difference between abject and aversion
is that abject is rejected; cast aside while aversion is the act of turning away from an object.As an adjective abject
is rejected; cast aside.As a verb abject
is to cast off or out; to reject.abject
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Etymology 1
* From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.Synonyms
* beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthlessVerb
(en verb)- (John Donne)
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aversion
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Noun
(en noun)- Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
- Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
