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Sentiment vs Liking - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sentiment and liking

is that sentiment is a general thought, feeling, or sense while liking is a like; a predilection.

As a verb liking is

present participle of lang=en.

sentiment

English

Noun

  • A general thought, feeling, or sense.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
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  • (label) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment.
  • (label) Gentle or tender feelings, sometimes of a weak or foolish kind.

    • liking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A like; a predilection.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.}}
  • * (John Stuart Mill)
    • The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

    Derived terms

    * for one's liking * to one's liking * take a liking to