Antipathy vs. Apathy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Antipathy and Apathy
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Definitions
Antipathy➦
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➦
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.
Antipathy➦
Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.
Apathy➦
Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
Antipathy➦
A feeling of aversion
Longstanding antipathies between two nations.
Apathy➦
Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.
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Antipathy➦
Inherent incompatibility or inability to mix
The antipathy between faith and reason.
The antipathy of hydrocarbons and water.
Apathy➦
Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
Antipathy➦
A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste often without any conscious reasoning.
Apathy➦
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.
A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course.
According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason.
Antipathy➦
Natural contrariety or incompatibility
Oil and water have antipathy
Apathy➦
An absence of emotion or enthusiasm
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Antipathy➦
Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided.
Apathy➦
The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
Antipathy➦
Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason.
Antipathy➦
A feeling of intense dislike
Antipathy➦
The object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided;
Cats were his greatest antipathy