Aversion vs Repulsion - What's the difference?
aversion | repulsion |
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
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As nouns the difference between aversion and repulsion
is that aversion is opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike while repulsion is the act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.aversion
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.
Synonyms
* (fixed dislike) antipathy, disinclination, reluctance * (object of repugnance) abominationSee also
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*repulsion
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
