Animosity vs Brutality - What's the difference?
animosity | brutality |
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
The state of being brutal.
A cruel or savage act.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=18 The use of excessive physical force e.g. police brutality.
As nouns the difference between animosity and brutality
is that animosity is violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike while brutality is the state of being brutal.animosity
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(animosities)Synonyms
* enmity * hatred * opposition * acrimonyAntonyms
* peaceReferences
*brutality
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(brutalities)citation, passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}