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Loathing vs Detest - What's the difference?

loathing | detest |

As verbs the difference between loathing and detest

is that loathing is while detest is to dislike intensely; to loathe.

As a noun loathing

is sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.

loathing

English

Noun

  • Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
    • The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

    Verb

    (head)

    • detest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dislike intensely; to loathe.
    • I detest snakes.
    Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell. — Pope.
  • (obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    • The heresy of Nestorius was detested in the Eastern churches. — Fuller.
    God hath detested them with his own mouth. — Bale.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

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    Related terms

    * detestable * detestation

    See also

    * abhor * despise * disdain * dislike * hate * loathe

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