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Dislike vs Detect - What's the difference?

dislike | detect |

As verbs the difference between dislike and detect

is that dislike is (obsolete|transitive) to displease; to offend (in third-person only) while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

As a noun dislike

is an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

As an adjective detect is

(obsolete) detected.

dislike

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

    • Verb

    (dislik)
  • (obsolete) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.)
  • *, II.12:
    • customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike .
  • To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Antonyms

    * like

    See also

    * abhor * despise * detest * hate * loathe

    detect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

    • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
    • (Fabyan)

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