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Dislike vs Dispreference - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dislike and dispreference

is that dislike is an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion while dispreference is the quality of state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.

As a verb dislike

is to displease; to offend. (In third-person only..

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

    dispreference

    English

    Noun

  • (uncommon) The quality of state of preferring a thing less than an alternative.

    • Antonyms

    * preference

    Related terms

    * disprefer

    See also

    * dislike * distaste * aversion