Hate vs. Desire — What's the Difference?

To feel strong dislike for or hostility toward

Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires.

To feel dislike or distaste for

To wish or long for; want

To be disinclined (to do something) out of politeness or a need to apologize

To want to have sex with (another person).

To feel hatred.

To express a wish for; request.

Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.

The feeling of wanting to have something or wishing that something will happen.

An object of hatred.

An instance of this feeling

Hatred.

Sexual appetite; passion.

(Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

An object of such feeling or passion

(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.

(Archaic) A request or petition.

(intransitive) To experience hatred.

To want; to wish for earnestly.

To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.

To want emotionally or sexually.

To love less, relatively.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; - opposed to love.

To require; to demand; to claim.

The emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

To miss; to regret.

Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards;

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

(uncountable) Motivation. en

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

To require; to demand; to claim.

To miss; to regret.

The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.

An expressed wish; a request; petition.

Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

Grief; regret.

The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

An inclination to want things;

Something that is desired

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

Expect and wish;

Express a desire for