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Disfavour vs Detestation - What's the difference?

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Disfavour is a related term of detestation.


As nouns the difference between disfavour and detestation

is that disfavour is the state of being out of favour while detestation is hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.

As a verb disfavour

is to show lack of favour or antipathy towards.

disfavour

English

Alternative forms

*disfavor

Noun

  • The state of being out of favour.
  • :His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour .
  • * Bible, Is. x. 6 (1551)
    • the people that deserved my disfavour
  • * Gladstone
    • sentiment of disfavour against its ally
  • An unkindness; a disobliging act.
  • * Clarendon
    • He might dispense favours and disfavours .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
    • Her past performance meant that she was often disfavoured for important tasks.

    detestation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
  • Something detested.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”}}