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Enjoy vs Hate - What's the difference?

enjoy | hate |

As verbs the difference between enjoy and hate

is that enjoy is to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something while hate is .

As a noun hate is

haste, impatience.

enjoy

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • To have the use or benefit of something.
  • * Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8
  • that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
  • * 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
  • This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
  • To have sexual intercourse with.
  • (Milton)

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Derived terms

    * enjoyable * enjoyment * to enjoy oneself

    hate

    English

    Noun

  • An object of hatred.
  • One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
  • Hatred.
  • He gave me a look filled with pure hate .
  • (Internet, colloquial) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
  • There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.

    Verb

    (hat)
  • To dislike intensely or greatly.
  • I hate men who take advantage of women.
  • (slang) To dislike intensely due to envy.
  • Don't be hating my weave, girl, you're just jealous!

    Synonyms

    * abhor * despise * detest * loathe * See also

    Antonyms

    * love

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

  • liver (organ of the body)
  • References

    * Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes , pp. 305-324. ----