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Resent vs Loath - What's the difference?

resent | loath |

In obsolete terms the difference between resent and loath

is that resent is to give forth an odor; to smell; to savor while loath is hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant.

As a verb resent

is to express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at (words or acts).

As an adjective loath is

unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined.

resent

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) resentir (Modern ressentir), from

Verb

(en verb)
  • To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at (words or acts).
  • * Bolingbroke
    • The good prince King James bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.
  • To feel resentment.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,
  • (obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
  • (obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
  • * Sir (Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)
    • which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.
  • (obsolete) In a negative sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
  • (obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
  • * Fuller
    • This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savour in the soul of Saul.
  • * Fuller
    • Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.
  • (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

    • Etymology 2

    See resend.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (resend)
    • The package was resent , this time with the correct postage.

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    loath

    English

    Alternative forms

    * loth (mostly UK)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
    • I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
  • * 1911 , (Jack London), The Whale Tooth
  • *:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
  • (obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant

    • Usage notes

    * Often confused in meaning and pronunciation with loathe, a related transitive verb. * This spelling is about four times as common as "loth" in the UK and fifty times as common in the US.

    Synonyms

    * unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclined

    Related terms

    * loathe

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