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Despise vs Cherish - What's the difference?

despise | cherish |

As verbs the difference between despise and cherish

is that despise is to regard with contempt or scorn while cherish is to treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

despise

English

Verb

(despis)
  • To regard with contempt or scorn.

    • Synonyms

    * scorn * See also *contempt

    Antonyms

    * honor * respect * revere

    Derived terms

    * despisal * despicable

    Related terms

    * despect * despection

    See also

    * vilipend

    External links

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    cherish

    English

    Verb

  • To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
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  • To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
  • (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vi:
    • Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish , and her guest to cheare [...].