ODLT--The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology



adverse | averse

(1) Anything that is unfavourable is adverse,
whereas
(2) to detest something is to be averse to it.

Etymology -

(1) The word adverse derives from the Latin adversus, turned against.
(2) The word averse derives from the Latin aversus, turned away.



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