different between abhorrence vs enmity

English

Etymology

abhor +? -ence

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?h??.n?s/, /?b?h??.n?ts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?h??.n?s/, /?b?h??.n?ts/, /?b?h??.n?s/, /?b?h??.n?ts/

Noun

abhorrence (countable and uncountable, plural abhorrences)

1. Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17^th century.]
2. (obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II. [Late 17^th century.]
3. A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing. [Mid 18^th century.]

Synonyms

• abhorrition

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inim?cit?s, *inim?cit?tem, from Latin inim?cus (“enemy”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n.m?.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.m?.ti?/

Noun

enmity (countable and uncountable, plural enmities)

1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242e.

     Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.

2. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

   • I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.

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Antonyms

• amity

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References

• enmity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• enmity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes: