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Disfavour vs Hatred - What's the difference?

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Disfavour is a related term of hatred.


As nouns the difference between disfavour and hatred

is that disfavour is the state of being out of favour while hatred is strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.

As a verb disfavour

is to show lack of favour or antipathy towards.

disfavour

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*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.

    hatred

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
  • * (David Crystal)
    • Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.

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