Rancor vs Abhorrence - What's the difference?
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The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
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, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=9
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, passage=My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived.}}
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Rancor is a related term of abhorrence.
As nouns the difference between rancor and abhorrence
is that rancor is the deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred while abhorrence is extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing .rancor
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Alternative forms
* rancour (Commonwealth)Noun
(-)- I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.