different between revulsion vs hatred

English

Etymology

French révulsion, Latin revulsio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?l??n/, /??v??l??n/
• Hyphenation: re?vul?sion

Noun

revulsion (usually uncountable, plural revulsions)

1. Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
2. A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
3. (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
4. (obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     Revulsions and pull-backs.
5. (obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.

Translations

See also

• revulsive

English

Etymology

From Middle English hatrede, hatreden (“hatred”), from hate (“hate”) + -reden (“suffix denoting state or condition”), equivalent to hate +? -red; compare lovered. Related to Icelandic hatri (“hatred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?t??d/

Noun

hatred (countable and uncountable, plural hatreds)

1. Strong aversion; intense dislike
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

     the very circumstance which renders it so innocent is what chiefly exposes it to the public hatred

Usage notes

The noun hatred is not used as a modifier in compound nouns; instead, its synonym hate is used, as, for example, in hate crime.

Synonyms

• hate
• antipathy
• hostility

Antonyms

• love
• amity

Related terms

• hate
• hateful
• disgust

Translations

Anagrams

• Dehart, dareth, dearth, hetdar, thread

Middle English

Noun

hatred

1. Alternative form of hatrede