different between repulsion vs attraction
repulsion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.
Noun
repulsion (countable and uncountable, plural repulsions)
- The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
- An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
- (physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
Antonyms
- attraction
Related terms
- repel
- repulse
- repulsive
- repellent
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- neuropils
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /repyl?sju?/
Noun
repulsion f
- repulsion
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attraction
English
Etymology
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrah? (= ad + trah?), equivalent to attract +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??t?æk??n/, [??t?æk?(??)n], [??t???æk?(??)n]
- Rhymes: -æk??n
Noun
attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)
- The tendency to attract.
- The feeling of being attracted.
- (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
- (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
- (linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.
Synonyms
- charm
- pull
Antonyms
- repulsion
See also
- orientation
Translations
Anagrams
- tractation
French
Etymology
From Old French attraction, from Latin attracti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
attraction f (plural attractions)
- attraction (all senses)
Derived terms
- parc d'attractions
Descendants
- ? Hungarian: attrakció
Further reading
- “attraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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