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Virulent vs Antipathy - What's the difference?

virulent | antipathy |

As an adjective virulent

is highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.

As a noun antipathy is

contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

virulent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chiefly, medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant or deadly.
  • Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent , and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}

    Related terms

    * virus * virulence * virulently

    See also

    * pathogenic ----

    antipathy

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (antipathies)
  • Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
  • * Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. --Washington.
  • Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
  • * A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I. Taylor.

    • Usage notes

    * Prepositions: "antipathy" is followed by "to", "against", or "between"; also sometimes by "for".

    Synonyms

    * hatred, aversion, dislike, disgust, distaste, enmity, ill will, repugnance, contrariety, opposition

    Antonyms

    * sympathy

    Related terms

    * antipathetic * antipathetical

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