Inimical vs Enemy - What's the difference?
inimical | enemy |
Harmful in effect.
Unfriendly, hostile.
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
An alliance of such forces.
Something harmful or threatening to another
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As adjectives the difference between inimical and enemy
is that inimical is harmful in effect while enemy is of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.As a noun enemy is
someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.inimical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.
Synonyms
* inimic, inimicableenemy
English
Noun
(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy !
- rally together against a common enemy .
- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.