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Dispassionate vs Repulsive - What's the difference?

dispassionate | repulsive | Related terms |

Dispassionate is a related term of repulsive.


As adjectives the difference between dispassionate and repulsive

is that dispassionate is not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice while repulsive is .

dispassionate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice

    • Synonyms

    * nonpassionate * unpassionate

    Antonyms

    * passionate

    Derived terms

    * dispassionately * dispassionateness

    repulsive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  • (physics) having the capacity to repel

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "repulsive" is often applied: force, interaction, potential.

    Synonyms

    * repellent * similar: disgusting, vile

    Antonyms

    * (tending to rouse aversion ) attractive * (physics, having the capacity to repel ) attractive

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