Animosity vs. Hostility

Animositynoun

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

Hostilitynoun

(uncountable) The state of being hostile.

‘My resentment and anger towards you caused hostility and a division between us.’;

Animositynoun

Mere spiritedness or courage.

‘Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth.’;

Hostilitynoun

(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

Animositynoun

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

‘Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.’; ‘[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government.’;

Hostilitynoun

State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.

‘Hostility being thus suspended with France.’;

Animositynoun

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

Hostilitynoun

An act of an open enemy; a hostile deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. See hostilities

‘He who proceeds to wanton hostility, often provokes an enemy where he might have a friend.’;

Hostilitynoun

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition;

‘he could not conceal his hostility’;

Hostilitynoun

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Hostilitynoun

the feeling of a hostile person;

‘he could no longer contain his hostility’;

Hostilitynoun

violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

Hostilitynoun

acts of overt warfare;

‘the outbreak of hostilities’;

Hostility

Hostility is seen as form of emotionally charged aggressive behavior. In everyday speech it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression.