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Disliking vs Detestation - What's the difference?

disliking | detestation | Related terms |

Disliking is a related term of detestation.


As nouns the difference between disliking and detestation

is that disliking is dislike while detestation is hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.

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.

    detestation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
  • Something detested.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. …”}}