Eschew vs Dislike - What's the difference?
eschew | dislike |
(obsolete) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.)
*, II.12:
To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
As verbs the difference between eschew and dislike
is that eschew is (formal) to avoid; to shun, to shy away from while dislike is (obsolete|transitive) to displease; to offend (in third-person only).As a noun dislike is
an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.eschew
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Usage notes
* The verb is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.Quotations
{{timeline , 1500s=1599 , 1900s=1927 , 2010s=2014}} * *: What cannot be eschew’d must be embrac’d. * 1927 , *: He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order. * '>citationDerived terms
* (l)References
dislike
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Verb
(dislik)- customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike .