different between aversion vs averse

English

Etymology

From Middle French aversion, from Latin ?versi?. Doublet of aversio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v??n/
• Hyphenation: aver?sion

Noun

aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)

1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

   Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance

2. An object of dislike or repugnance.

   Synonym: abomination

3. (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

Related terms

• averse
• avert

Translations

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• vairones, veraison

Finnish

Noun

aversion

1. Genitive singular form of aversio.

Anagrams

• versiona

French

Etymology

From Latin aversionem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??.sj??/

Noun

aversion f (plural aversions)

1. aversion

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