different between distaste vs opposition

English

Etymology

dis- +? taste

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s-t?st?, IPA^(key): /d?s?te?st/
• Rhymes: -e?st

Noun

distaste (usually uncountable, plural distastes)

1. A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
2. (obsolete) Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity

     Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes

3. (obsolete) Discomfort; uneasiness.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Adversity

     Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

4. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

Derived terms

• distasteful

Translations

Verb

distaste (third-person singular simple present distastes, present participle distasting, simple past and past participle distasted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
2. (intransitive) to be distasteful; to taste bad
3. (obsolete, transitive) To offend; to disgust; to displease.
   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued

     He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

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References

• distaste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• staidest

Italian

Verb

distaste

1. second-person plural past historic of distare
2. second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of distare

Anagrams

• destasti
• dettassi

Portuguese

Verb

distaste

1. second-person singular (tu) preterite indicative of distar

Spanish

Verb

distaste

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) preterite indicative form of distar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositi?, translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??z???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??z??n?/

Noun

opposition (plural oppositions)

1. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
2. An opposite or contrasting position.
3. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
5. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
6. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
7. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
8. (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Antonyms

• apposition

Translations

Further reading

• opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

opposition

1. Genitive singular form of oppositio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from post-classical Latin oppositi? (translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis)), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

opposition f (plural oppositions)

1. opposition

Derived terms

• par opposition à

Further reading

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