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Dislike vs Misaffect - What's the difference?

dislike | misaffect |

As verbs the difference between dislike and misaffect

is that dislike is (obsolete|transitive) to displease; to offend (in third-person only) while misaffect is (obsolete) to dislike.

As a noun dislike

is an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

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

    misaffect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To dislike.
  • (obsolete) To affect in a negative way.
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.171:
  • *:forasmuch as this malady is caused by precedent imagination,the brain must needs be primarily misaffected , as the seat of reason […].