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Hate vs Hostility - What's the difference?

hate | hostility | Synonyms |

Hate is a synonym of hostility.


As nouns the difference between hate and hostility

is that hate is haste, impatience while hostility is (uncountable) the state of being hostile.

As a verb hate

is .

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. ----

    hostility

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
  • *, II.12:
  • There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Everton 0-2 Liverpool , passage=But with Goodison Park openly directing its full hostility towards Atkinson, Liverpool went ahead when Carroll turned in his first Premier League goal of the season after 70 minutes.}}
  • * 2013 September 28, (Kenan Malik), " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
  • The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.
  • (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
  • Synonyms

    * (state of being hostile) antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred * (military action) war, fighting, combat

    Antonyms

    * (state of being hostile) amity, friendliness * (military action) peace