Antipathy vs. Apathy — What's the Difference?

Antipathy is a dislike for something or somebody, the opposite of sympathy. While antipathy may be induced by experience, it sometimes exists without a rational cause-and-effect explanation being present to the individuals involved.Thus, the origin of antipathy has been subject to various philosophical and psychological explanations, which some people find convincing and others regard as highly speculative.

Apathy is a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern about something. It is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion.

Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.

Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.

A feeling of aversion

Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.

Inherent incompatibility or inability to mix

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste often without any conscious reasoning.

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; - applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.

Natural contrariety or incompatibility

An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

A feeling of intense dislike

The object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided;