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Repugnancy vs Dislike - What's the difference?

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Repugnancy is a related term of dislike.


As nouns the difference between repugnancy and dislike

is that repugnancy is the quality or property of being repugnant while dislike is an attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

As a verb dislike is

(obsolete|transitive) to displease; to offend (in third-person only).

repugnancy

English

Noun

  • The quality or property of being repugnant.
    • Let the foes quietly cut their throats, / Without repugnancy . — Shakespeare.

    dislike

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.

    • Verb

    (dislik)
  • (obsolete) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.)
  • *, II.12:
    • customes and conceipts differing from mine, doe not so much dislike .
  • To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.

    • Usage notes

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

    Antonyms

    * like

    See also

    * abhor * despise * detest * hate * loathe