different between trepidation vs aversion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trepid?ti?, from trepid? (“be agitated”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?t??p.??de?.??n/

Noun

trepidation (countable and uncountable, plural trepidations)

1. A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.

   Synonyms: agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry

   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
3. (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

Related terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “trepidation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• departition, partitioned

English

Etymology

From Middle French aversion, from Latin ?versi?. Doublet of aversio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v??n/
• Hyphenation: aver?sion

Noun

aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)

1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.

   Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance

2. An object of dislike or repugnance.

   Synonym: abomination

3. (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.

Related terms

• averse
• avert

Translations

See also

• adverse

Anagrams

• vairones, veraison

Finnish

Noun

aversion

1. Genitive singular form of aversio.

Anagrams

• versiona

French

Etymology

From Latin aversionem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??.sj??/

Noun

aversion f (plural aversions)

1. aversion