Bitterness vs Animus - What's the difference?
bitterness | animus |
the quality of having a bitter taste
the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
* 2005 , Christian Science Monitor , April 22
The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.
As nouns the difference between bitterness and animus
is that bitterness is the quality of having a bitter taste while animus is the basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.bitterness
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Noun
Synonyms
* (quality of being bitter in taste) acerbicness, acridity, acridness * (quality of feeling bitter) acrimony, gall, rancor/rancour, resentmentanimus
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(wikipedia animus)Noun
(en-noun)- The current row arose swiftly, sparked both by historical animus and jockeying over future power and place in Asia - and it surprised many observers in the depth of antipathy on both sides.