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Aversion vs Enmity - What's the difference?

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Enmity is a synonym of aversion.



As nouns the difference between aversion and enmity

is that aversion is opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike while enmity is the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

aversion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
  • Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
  • An object of dislike or repugnance.
  • Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
  • (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
  • Synonyms

    * (fixed dislike) antipathy, disinclination, reluctance * (object of repugnance) abomination

    See also

    * adverse

    Anagrams

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    enmity

    English

    Alternative forms

    : * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity

    Noun

    (enmities)
  • The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
  • * 2005 , .
  • Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
  • A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
  • *
  • I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.

    Quotations

    * *: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

    Synonyms

    * enemyship, hostility, enemyhood, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus

    Antonyms

    * amity

    References

    * * * Notes: