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Bitterness vs Loathing - What's the difference?

bitterness | loathing |

As nouns the difference between bitterness and loathing

is that bitterness is the quality of having a bitter taste while loathing is sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

As a verb loathing is

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bitterness

English

Noun

  • the quality of having a bitter taste
  • the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of being bitter in taste) acerbicness, acridity, acridness * (quality of feeling bitter) acrimony, gall, rancor/rancour, resentment

    loathing

    English

    Noun

  • Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
    • The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

    Verb

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