love vs like, His mother loves him vs His mother likes him?
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What does a native English speaker understand from each one of these sentences :
His mother loves him
His mother likes him
is like only a weak version of love or imply a different meaning ?
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What does a native English speaker understand from each one of these sentences :
His mother loves him
His mother likes him
is like only a weak version of love or imply a different meaning ?
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What does a native English speaker understand from each one of these sentences :
His mother loves him
His mother likes him
is like only a weak version of love or imply a different meaning ?
meaning meaning-in-context vocabulary sentence-meaning
asked Dec 4 at 15:07
Rani2Add
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What does a native English speaker understand from each one of these sentences :
His mother loves him
His mother likes him
is like only a weak version of love or imply a different meaning ?
meaning meaning-in-context vocabulary sentence-meaning
meaning meaning-in-context vocabulary sentence-meaning
asked Dec 4 at 15:07
Rani2Add
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asked Dec 4 at 15:07
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In many contexts, love is just an intensive form of like ("I love going to the seaside").
But when we are talking about the emotional bond between people (especially parent and child) they are different in kind, not just in degree.
Liking somebody does not imply that there is any amount of love there.
The reverse is more problematic. It's certainly possible to say (meaningfully and truthfully) "I love her, but I don't like her much at the moment". It's probably rarer to say timelessly "I love her but I don't like her" - but with family members, it must occur sometimes.
So "His mother loves him" and "his mother likes him" are both expected, but neither is necessarily true. "His mother likes him but doesn't love him" seems unlikely, but the other way round is plausible.
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
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This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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up vote
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In many contexts, love is just an intensive form of like ("I love going to the seaside").
But when we are talking about the emotional bond between people (especially parent and child) they are different in kind, not just in degree.
Liking somebody does not imply that there is any amount of love there.
The reverse is more problematic. It's certainly possible to say (meaningfully and truthfully) "I love her, but I don't like her much at the moment". It's probably rarer to say timelessly "I love her but I don't like her" - but with family members, it must occur sometimes.
So "His mother loves him" and "his mother likes him" are both expected, but neither is necessarily true. "His mother likes him but doesn't love him" seems unlikely, but the other way round is plausible.
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
– Rani2Add
Dec 4 at 20:43
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
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In many contexts, love is just an intensive form of like ("I love going to the seaside").
But when we are talking about the emotional bond between people (especially parent and child) they are different in kind, not just in degree.
Liking somebody does not imply that there is any amount of love there.
The reverse is more problematic. It's certainly possible to say (meaningfully and truthfully) "I love her, but I don't like her much at the moment". It's probably rarer to say timelessly "I love her but I don't like her" - but with family members, it must occur sometimes.
So "His mother loves him" and "his mother likes him" are both expected, but neither is necessarily true. "His mother likes him but doesn't love him" seems unlikely, but the other way round is plausible.
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
– Rani2Add
Dec 4 at 20:43
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
In many contexts, love is just an intensive form of like ("I love going to the seaside").
But when we are talking about the emotional bond between people (especially parent and child) they are different in kind, not just in degree.
Liking somebody does not imply that there is any amount of love there.
The reverse is more problematic. It's certainly possible to say (meaningfully and truthfully) "I love her, but I don't like her much at the moment". It's probably rarer to say timelessly "I love her but I don't like her" - but with family members, it must occur sometimes.
So "His mother loves him" and "his mother likes him" are both expected, but neither is necessarily true. "His mother likes him but doesn't love him" seems unlikely, but the other way round is plausible.
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
In many contexts, love is just an intensive form of like ("I love going to the seaside").
But when we are talking about the emotional bond between people (especially parent and child) they are different in kind, not just in degree.
Liking somebody does not imply that there is any amount of love there.
The reverse is more problematic. It's certainly possible to say (meaningfully and truthfully) "I love her, but I don't like her much at the moment". It's probably rarer to say timelessly "I love her but I don't like her" - but with family members, it must occur sometimes.
So "His mother loves him" and "his mother likes him" are both expected, but neither is necessarily true. "His mother likes him but doesn't love him" seems unlikely, but the other way round is plausible.
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
answered Dec 4 at 16:33
Colin Fine
62.4k167157
62.4k167157
This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
– Rani2Add
Dec 4 at 20:43
add a comment |
This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
– Rani2Add
Dec 4 at 20:43
This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
– Rani2Add
Dec 4 at 20:43
This is exactly my understanding of these two similar words.
– Rani2Add
Dec 4 at 20:43
add a comment |
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