different between repulsion vs rancour

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.

Noun

repulsion (countable and uncountable, plural repulsions)

1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
3. (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

1. repulsion

English

Etymology

First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *rance? (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.

Noun

rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)

1. Britain and Canada spelling of rancor

References

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rankor, rauncour, rancor, rankowre, rancur, rankour

Etymology

From Old French rancor, from Latin rancor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ran?ku?r/, /?rankur/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): /?rank?r/

Noun

rancour

1. Jealousy, ire, towards someone; rancour (also as a metaphorical figure)
2. (rare) Rancidity; something which smells vile.
3. (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing.

Descendants

• English: rancour, rancor
• Scots: rancour

References

• “ranc?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-30.

Old French

Noun

rancour f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of rancur

   il se douterent qe nous eussiens conceu vers eux rancour & indignacion