Hostile vs Averse - What's the difference?
hostile | averse |
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
* {{quote-book, year=2004
, author=Arthur Schopenhauer
, title=Essays of Schopenhauer
, chapter=2
* {{quote-book, year=1885
, author=E. T. A. Hoffmann
, title=The Entail
Turned away or backward.
* Dryden
(obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to'' or ''from ).
To turn away.
As adjectives the difference between hostile and averse
is that hostile is belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly while averse is having a repugnance or opposition of mind.As a noun hostile
is (chiefly|in the plural) an enemy.As a verb averse is
to turn away.hostile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
Synonyms
* antagonistic * hatefulAntonyms
* friendlyAnagrams
* * ----averse
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=This is why the most eminent intellects have always been strongly averse to any kind of disturbance, interruption and distraction, and above everything to that violent interruption which is caused by noise; other people do not take any particular notice of this sort of thing.}}
citation, passage=“I assure you, cousin,” replied the old gentleman, “that the Baron, notwithstanding his unpleasant manner, is really one of the most excellent and kind-hearted men in the world. As I have already told you, he did not assume these manners until the time he became lord of the entail; previous to then he was a modest, gentle youth. Besides, he is not, after all, so bad as you make him out to be; and further, I should like to know why you are so averse to him.” As my uncle said these words he smiled mockingly, and the blood rushed hotly and furiously into my face.}}
- The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.