Love vs. Loathe — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Love and Loathe
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Definitions
Love➦
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.
Loathe➦
To dislike (someone or something) greatly; abhor.
Love➦
A strong feeling of affection and concern toward another person, as that arising from kinship or close friendship.
Loathe➦
(transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
I loathe scrubbing toilets.
I absolutely loathe this place.
Love➦
A strong feeling of affection and concern for another person accompanied by sexual attraction.
Loathe➦
To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
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Love➦
A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.
Loathe➦
To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.
The secret which I loathe.
She loathes the vital sir.
Love➦
A feeling of kindness or concern by God or a god toward humans.
Loathe➦
To feel disgust or nausea.
Love➦
Often Love(Christianity) Charity.
Loathe➦
Find repugnant;
I loathe that man
She abhors cats
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Love➦
Sexual desire or activity
The pleasures of love.
A night of love.
Love➦
An instance of being in love
Teenage loves can be as fleeting as they are intense.
Love➦
A person for whom one has strong feelings of affection
She met her new love at the restaurant.
Love➦
Used as a term of endearment for such a person.
Love➦
An intense emotional attachment to something, as to a pet or treasured object.
Love➦
An expression of one's affection
Send him my love.
Love➦
A strong predilection or enthusiasm
A love of language.
Love for the game of golf.
Love➦
The object of such an enthusiasm
The outdoors is her greatest love.
Love➦
Love(Mythology) Eros or Cupid.
Love➦
(Sports) A score of zero, as in tennis.
Love➦
To feel love for (a person)
We love our parents. I love my friends.
Love➦
To feel sexual love for (a person).
Love➦
To feel devotion to (God or a god).
Love➦
To feel or show kindness or concern to (a person). Used of God or a god.
Love➦
To have an intense emotional attachment to
Loves his house.
Love➦
To embrace or caress
They were loving each other on the sofa.
Love➦
To have sexual intercourse with.
Love➦
To like or desire enthusiastically
Loves swimming.
Love➦
To thrive on; need
The cactus loves hot, dry air.
Love➦
To feel love or sexual love for another.
Love➦
(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
Love➦
(uncountable) Strong affection.
Love➦
A profound and caring affection towards someone.
A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.
Love➦
Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
Love➦
A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
I have never been in love as much as I have with you.
Love➦
A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
My love of cricket knows no bounds.
Love➦
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
Love➦
A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
Hello love, how can I help you?
Love➦
A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
Love➦
(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
Love➦
(euphemistic) Sexual activity.
Love➦
An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
Love➦
Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
Love➦
(obsolete) A thin silk material.
Love➦
A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
Love➦
Zero, no score.
So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
Love➦
Nothing; no recompense.
Love➦
To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
I love my spouse.
I love you!
I love that song!
Love➦
(transitive) To need, thrive on.
Mold loves moist, dark places.
Love➦
(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
I love walking barefoot on wet grass;
I'd love to join the team;
I love what you've done with your hair
Love➦
To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
Love➦
(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
Love➦
To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
I wish I could love her all night long.
Love➦
A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
Of all the dearest bonds we proveThou countest sons' and mothers' loveMost sacred, most Thine own.
Love➦
Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his sideLeaning half-raised, with looks of cordial loveHung over her enamored.
Love➦
Courtship; - chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,And won her soul.
Love➦
Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; - opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
Love➦
Due gratitude and reverence to God.
Keep yourselves in the love of God.
Love➦
The object of affection; - often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading.
Open the temple gates unto my love.
Love➦
Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
Such was his form as painters, when they showTheir utmost art, on naked Lores bestow.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
Love➦
A thin silk stuff.
Love➦
A climbing species of Clematis (Clematis Vitalba).
Love➦
Nothing; no points scored on one side; - used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love.
Love➦
Sexual intercourse; - a euphemism.
A little western flower,Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Love➦
To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.
Love➦
To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
Love➦
To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
Wit, eloquence, and poetry.Arts which I loved.
Love➦
To have the feeling of love; to be in love.
Love➦
A strong positive emotion of regard and affection;
His love for his work
Children need a lot of love
Love➦
Any object of warm affection or devotion;
The theater was her first love
He has a passion for cock fighting
Love➦
A beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Love➦
A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;
Their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
She was his first love
Love➦
A score of zero in tennis or squash;
It was 40 love
Love➦
Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people;
His lovemaking disgusted her
He hadn't had any love in months
He has a very complicated love life
Love➦
Have a great affection or liking for;
I love French food
She loves her boss and works hard for him
Love➦
Get pleasure from;
I love cooking
Love➦
Be enamored or in love with;
She loves her husband deeply
Love➦
Have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Adam knew Eve
Were you ever intimate with this man?
