Allergy vs Aversion - What's the difference?
allergy | aversion |
(pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
(pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
(informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
As nouns the difference between allergy and aversion
is that allergy is a disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma while aversion is opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.allergy
English
(wikipedia allergy)Noun
(allergies)- He has an allergy to reality TV.
Synonyms
* (disorder of the immune system) * (hypersensitivity) intoleranceHypernyms
* (disorder of the immune system) hypersensitivityDerived terms
* allergen * allergic * allergologist * allergologySee also
* ("allergy" on Wikipedia) * (Hypersensitivity)Anagrams
* gallery, largely, regallyaversion
English
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.