Disgust vs Aversion - What's the difference?
disgust | aversion |
To cause an intense dislike for something.
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
Aversion is a synonym of disgust.
As nouns the difference between disgust and aversion
is that disgust is an intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty while aversion is opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.As a verb disgust
is to cause an intense dislike for something.disgust
English
Verb
(en verb)- It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.
- It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust . There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.
Noun
(wikipedia disgust) (-)- With an air of disgust , she stormed out of the room.
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
- Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.