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Disliking vs Antipathy - What's the difference?

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Disliking is a related term of antipathy.


As nouns the difference between disliking and antipathy

is that disliking is dislike while antipathy is contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

As a verb disliking

is .

disliking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • dislike
  • * (John Stuart Mill)
    • The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

    antipathy

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (antipathies)
  • Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
  • * Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. --Washington.
  • Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
  • * A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I. Taylor.

    • Usage notes

    * Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".

    Synonyms

    * hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition

    Antonyms

    * sympathy

    Related terms

    * antipathetic * antipathetical

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