different between friction vs dislike

English

Etymology

From Middle French friction and directly from Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”). Doublet of frisson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??k??n?/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

friction (usually uncountable, plural frictions)

1. The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
2. (physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
   • 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95

     Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.

3. (medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
4. (figuratively) Conflict, as between persons having dissimilar ideas or interests; clash.
5. (China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.

Derived terms

Related terms

• frictive
• frictional
• frictious
• fray
• fricative
• affricate
• dentifrice

Translations

See also

• tribology
• lubrication

French

Etymology

From Latin frictionem, nom. frictio (“a rubbing, rubbing down”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ik.sj??/

Noun

friction f (plural frictions)

1. friction: the rubbing, the conflict or the physics force.

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

friction (uncountable)

1. friction

English

Etymology

From dis- +? like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?la?k/, /?d?sla?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

dislike (plural dislikes)

1. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
2. (usually in the plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to).

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

3. (Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Translations

Verb

dislike (third-person singular simple present dislikes, present participle disliking, simple past and past participle disliked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.) [16th-19th c.]
2. (transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]
3. (Internet) To leave a vote to show disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

• mislike
• hate
• disrecommend

Antonyms

• like

Translations

See also

• abhor
• despise
• detest
• hate
• loathe