Wrath vs Hostile - What's the difference?
wrath | hostile |
Great anger.
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* Bible, (w) xiii. 4
(trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
As nouns the difference between wrath and hostile
is that wrath is great anger while hostile is (chiefly|in the plural) an enemy.As adjectives the difference between wrath and hostile
is that wrath is (rare) wrathful; very angry while hostile is belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly.As a verb wrath
is (obsolete) to anger; to enrage.wrath
English
Noun
(en-noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Synonyms
* (great anger) fury, ireDerived terms
* grapes of wrath * wrathfulhostile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
