different between unlike vs unliken
unlike
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?la?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unl??, un?el?? (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungal?kaz; surface analysis: un- +? like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).
Adjective
unlike (comparative more unlike, superlative most unlike)
- Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance.
- Unequal.
- (archaic) Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
Synonyms
- (not like): See also Thesaurus:different
Translations
Preposition
unlike
- Differently from; not in a like or similar manner.
- In contrast with; as opposed to.
- Not typical of one's character or personality.
Translations
Noun
unlike (plural unlikes)
- Something that is not like something else; something different.
- 2012, J. Bogen, J. E. McGuire, How Things Are: Studies in Predication and the History of Philosophy and Science
- If the beings are many, then they must be likes and unlikes. But this is impossible, for unlikes cannot be likes, and likes cannot be unlikes.
- 2012, J. Bogen, J. E. McGuire, How Things Are: Studies in Predication and the History of Philosophy and Science
Etymology 2
From Middle English unliken, unlyken, equivalent to un- +? like.
Verb
unlike (third-person singular simple present unlikes, present participle unliking, simple past and past participle unliked)
- To dislike.
- (Internet) To withdraw support for a particular thing, especially on social networking websites.
- 2009, Ben Zimmer, “On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8:
- Facebook, for instance, allows you to register approval for a posted message in a very concrete way, by clicking a thumbs-up like button. Toggling off the button results in unliking your previously liked item. Note that this is different from disliking something, since unliking simply returns you to a neutral state.
- 2010 June 25, "TheKorn" (username), "Re: Pinball: RGP and/or Facebook", in rec.games.pinball, Usenet:
- My comment was more of a backhanded slap at Stern Pinball's Facebook "presence", specifically the garbage "cheap heat" posts. […] It's so inane (and now, so constant) that I wound up "unliking" stern pinball entirely.
- 2009, Ben Zimmer, “On Language: The Age of Undoing”, in The New York Times Magazine, 2009 September 20, page MM8:
Noun
unlike (plural unlikes)
- (Internet) The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.
- 2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans (page 552)
- Getting an unlike for every 20 likes is common and not something you need to be losing sleep over.
- 2014, Ekaterina Walter, Jessica Gioglio, The Power of Visual Storytelling (page 13)
- On Facebook, users can also hide anyone in their network, including companies, from their News Feed, which is worse than an unlike, as brands cannot measure how many people still like them but have hidden their status updates […]
- 2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans (page 552)
Anagrams
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unliken
English
Etymology
un- +? liken
Verb
unliken (third-person singular simple present unlikens, present participle unlikening, simple past and past participle unlikened)
- (obsolete) To make unlike; to dissimilate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Anagrams
- nunlike
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