different between aversion vs enmity

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

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.

Quotations

Synonyms

Antonyms

• amity

Translations

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: