different between disloyalty vs hostility

English

Etymology

From Old French desloiauté (Modern French déloyauté), from des- + loiauté (“loyalty”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?l??.(j)??.ti/

Noun

disloyalty (countable and uncountable, plural disloyalties)

1. (countable) An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach.
2. (uncountable) The quality of being disloyal.

Related terms

• disloyal
• loyalty

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin host?lit?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??st?l?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??st?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

hostility (countable and uncountable, plural hostilities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.

2. (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

Synonyms

• (state of being hostile): antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred, unfriendliness
• (military action): war, fighting, combat

Antonyms

• (state of being hostile): amity, friendliness
• (military action): peace

Related terms

• hostile

Translations