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Hatred vs Cruelty - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hatred and cruelty

is that hatred is strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil while cruelty is an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.

hatred

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Strong aversion; intense dislike; hateful regard; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as unpleasant, harmful or evil.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
  • * (David Crystal)
    • Fears and hatreds pay no attention to facts.

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    cruelty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cruellty (obsolete) * cruelltie (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
  • (countable) a cruel act

    • Anagrams

    * cutlery