Hate vs Hostility - What's the difference?
hate | hostility | Synonyms |
An object of hatred.
Hatred.
(Internet, colloquial) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
To dislike intensely or greatly.
(slang) To dislike intensely due to envy.
liver (organ of the body)
(uncountable) The state of being hostile.
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(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.
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
- One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
- He gave me a look filled with pure hate .
- There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.
Verb
(hat)- I hate men who take advantage of women.
- Don't be hating my weave, girl, you're just jealous!
Synonyms
* abhor * despise * detest * loathe * See alsoAntonyms
* loveAlternative forms
*Noun
References
* Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes , pp. 305-324. ----hostility
English
Noun
- There is no hostilitie so excellent, as that which is absolutely Christian.
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.}}
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.
