The difference between Antipathy and Repugnance

When used as nouns, antipathy means a feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something), whereas repugnance means extreme aversion, repulsion.


check bellow for the other definitions of Antipathy and Repugnance

  1. Antipathy as a noun:

    A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste.

  2. Antipathy as a noun:

    Natural contrariety or incompatibility

    Examples:

    "oil and water have antipathy'"

  1. Repugnance as a noun:

    Extreme aversion, repulsion.

  2. Repugnance as a noun:

    Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.