different between averse vs opposed

English

Etymology

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??(?)s/

Adjective

averse (comparative more averse, superlative most averse)

1. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.

   Synonyms: disliking, disinclined, fromward, unwilling, reluctant, loath

2. Turned away or backward.

   • The tracks averse a lying notice gave, / And led the searcher backward from the cave.

3. (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
4. (heraldry) Turned so as to show the back, as of a right hand.

Usage notes

• The terms adverse and averse are sometimes confused, though their meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to".
• Averse from is an older form, corresponding to the modern averse to.

Derived terms

Related terms

• avert
• aversion

Translations

Verb

averse (third-person singular simple present averses, present participle aversing, simple past and past participle aversed)

1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• Reaves, Seaver, Varese, as ever, re-save, reaves, resave

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??s/

Noun

averse f (plural averses)

1. (of rain) shower, rainshower

Further reading

• “averse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• avères, avérés

Latin

Adjective

?verse

1. vocative masculine singular of ?versus

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??po?zd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??zd/
• Hyphenation: op?posed

Adjective

opposed

1. Acting in opposition; opposing.
2. Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
3. Opposite.

Translations

Verb

opposed

1. simple past tense and past participle of oppose