different between enemy vs hater

English

Alternative forms

• enemie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inim?cus, from in- (“not”) + am?cus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from Old English f?ond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?mi/
• Hyphenation: en?e?my

Noun

enemy (plural enemies)

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   Synonyms: foe, unfriend, adversary, nemesis, backfriend

   Antonyms: ally, friend

2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   Synonyms: foe, adversary, nemesis

   Antonyms: ally, friend

3. Something harmful or threatening to another
4. (attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• enmity
• inimical

Translations

See also

• nemesis

Verb

enemy (third-person singular simple present enemies, present participle enemying, simple past and past participle enemied)

1. To make an enemy of.

Anagrams

• Yemen, yemen

Old French

Noun

enemy m (oblique plural enemys, nominative singular enemys, nominative plural enemy)

1. Alternative form of enemi

Descendants

• ? English: enemy

English

Etymology

From Middle English hatere, equivalent to hate +? -er. Compare Old English hetend, hettend (“enemy”, literally “hater”). Cognate with Dutch hater (“hater”), German Hasser, Hässer (“hater”), Danish hader (“hater”), Swedish hatare (“hater”), Icelandic hatari (“hater”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?t'?(r), IPA^(key): /?he?t?(?)/, IPA^(key): /?he?t?/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(r)

Noun

hater (plural haters)

1. One who hates.
   • 1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church (page 46)

     In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.

2. (slang, derogatory) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

Synonyms

• despiser

Antonyms

• lover
• fan

Derived terms

• haters gonna hate
• man-hater, manhater
• woman hater, woman-hater, womanhater

Translations

Anagrams

• Earth, Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Taher, Terah, Thera, earth, heart, rathe, rehat, th'are, thare

Dutch

Etymology

From haten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: ha?ter
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

hater m (plural haters, feminine haatster)

1. hater (someone who hates)
2. hater, enemy or criticaster.

Derived terms

• autohater
• homohater
• mannenhater

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hatere, hattir, hatyr, hetter, hatter, heater, hatir

Etymology

From Old English hæteru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hat?r(?)/

Noun

hater (plural hateren or hatres or hater)

1. A piece of clothing; clothing in general.
2. (rare) Worn clothing in particular

References

• “hater(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From hat +? -er.

Noun

hater m (definite singular hateren, indefinite plural hatere, definite plural haterne)

1. hater

Derived terms

• kvinnehater

Etymology 2

Verb

hater

1. present of hate

See also

• hatar (Nynorsk)

References

• “hater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ej.te?/

Noun

hater m, f (plural haters)

1. hater

   Synonym: opositor

   Antonyms: fã, apoiador, seguidor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hater.

Noun

hater m or f (plural haters)

1. hater