Enemy vs Detractor - What's the difference?
enemy | detractor | Synonyms |
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
An alliance of such forces.
Something harmful or threatening to another
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A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
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Enemy is a synonym of detractor.
As nouns the difference between enemy and detractor
is that enemy is someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else while detractor is a person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.As an adjective enemy
is of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.enemy
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Noun
(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy !
- rally together against a common enemy .
- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.
Synonyms
* foe * unfriend * adversary * nemesis * backfriendAntonyms
* ally * friendDerived terms
{{der3, archenemy , enemydom , enemyful , enemyhood , enemyish , enemyless , enemylike , enemyness , enemyship , enemywise}}See also
* nemesisStatistics
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* (l) 1000 English basic words ----detractor
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Alternative forms
* detractour (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.
