Invidious vs. Odious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Invidious and Odious
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Invidious
(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
She'd put herself in an invidious position
Odious
Arousing or deserving hatred or strong dislike.
Invidious
Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment
Invidious accusations.
Odious
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive
An odious smell.
Invidious
Offensive and unfair
Invidious distinctions.
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Odious
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
Scrubbing the toilets in the bar at the end of a Saturday night is an odious task.
Invidious
(Archaic) Envious.
Odious
Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice.
He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
Invidious
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
Odious
Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell.
The odious side of that polity.
Invidious
(of a distinction) Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
Odious
Unequivocally detestable;
Abominable treatment of prisoners
Detestable vices
Execrable crimes
Consequences odious to those you govern
Invidious
(obsolete) Envious, jealous.
Invidious
(obsolete) Detestable, hateful, odious.
Invidious
Envious; malignant.
Invidious
Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man.
Invidious
Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
Invidious
Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
Discriminatory attitudes and practices
Invidious comparisons
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