Dislike vs Averse - What's the difference?
dislike | averse |
(obsolete) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.)
*, II.12:
To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
* {{quote-book, year=2004
, author=Arthur Schopenhauer
, title=Essays of Schopenhauer
, chapter=2
* {{quote-book, year=1885
, author=E. T. A. Hoffmann
, title=The Entail
Turned away or backward.
* Dryden
(obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to'' or ''from ).
To turn away.
In lang=en terms the difference between dislike and averse
is that dislike is to have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like while averse is to turn away.As verbs the difference between dislike and averse
is that dislike is (obsolete|transitive) to displease; to offend (in third-person only) while averse is to turn away.As a noun dislike
is an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.As an adjective averse is
having a repugnance or opposition of mind.dislike
English
Verb
(dislik)- customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike .
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeAntonyms
* likeSee also
* abhor * despise * detest * hate * loatheaverse
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=This is why the most eminent intellects have always been strongly averse to any kind of disturbance, interruption and distraction, and above everything to that violent interruption which is caused by noise; other people do not take any particular notice of this sort of thing.}}
citation, passage=“I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, is really one of the most excellent and kind-hearted men in the world. As I have already told you, he did not assume these manners until the time he became lord of the entail; previous to then he was a modest, gentle youth. Besides, he is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.” As my uncle said these words he smiled mockingly, and the blood rushed hotly and furiously into my face.}}
- The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.