What's the difference between dislike and mind?

Dislike


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.
  • (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
  • (n.) A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.
  • (n.) Discord; dissension.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It created a very ugly atmosphere in society – as I was growing up in politics, I disliked the hypocrisy where people had to conceal their own identity.
  • (2) Other measures to promote justice and co-operation against criminals who pay no attention to European frontiers are also being thrown out of the window as May enters the cabinet "EU exit competition" – apparently to see which minister can parade his or her dislike of the EU the most.
  • (3) If you actively dislike nature, you're more likely to build a car park on it.
  • (4) For mothers, disliking the treatment was related to family members seeking further treatment.
  • (5) They were on the whole satisfied with antenatal classes (there seemed to be a need for more information in the form of an on-the-ward postnatal class), disliked the practice of perineal shaves (but did not object to enemas or rupture of membranes) and felt they had adequate analgesia (although not for after-pains or the discomfort of haemorrhoids in the puerperium).
  • (6) It has been very easy for people to call for a ban, she says, "but I think you should stand up for choices that you wouldn't necessarily choose for yourself, or that you even dislike.
  • (7) During the first Republican presidential debate, Kelly questioned whether Trump had the temperament for the job, given that he had called women he disliked “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals” in the past.
  • (8) Responses relating to sexuality image and contraceptive attitudes indicate that a greater proportion of the terminators dislike an internal IUD self string check, hold a more pro-pregnancy attitude, do not feel dependent on the availability of contraceptives, and currently utilize the less effective contraceptive methods.
  • (9) Almost two-thirds of voters disliked the tone of the immigration debate during the Brexit referendum campaign, a report has found, including a majority of leave voters and Ukip supporters.
  • (10) And if there is some patronising note in your question about that glossed-over quality of many other American films then I would say: I dislike that, too.
  • (11) Boosted by two letters in yesterday's Financial Times signed by more than 60 economists endorsing the government's decision to delay spending cuts until next year, Brown said yesterday: "Conservative dislike of government, bordering on hatred of government action, would risk recovery now."
  • (12) With her background in radio, news and current affairs her supporters say she realises that if she wants to be director general she needs more populist programming and the "shiny floor experience" that the Vision post would bring - but she dislikes exposure so much it is not obvious she would enjoy the public pressures of the top job.
  • (13) That is why – despite my instinctive dislike of high marginal tax rates – I have stuck with the 50p tax.
  • (14) The candidates, he said, were angry with the party for allowing the debates to take place in a way that they dislike – both in terms of the moderators, and in terms of sheer length.
  • (15) It wasn't like he disliked Canada , or anything, for all that he chose to live elsewhere, and for so long.
  • (16) Allen may be reaping the reward of keeping non-Italian press out of the first screenings (the version released in Italy has a dubbed dialogue track, which Allen is known to dislike) as he tends to get a better response from non-native critics, who are less attentive to implausible details.
  • (17) More Asian patients disliked management of illness by telephone than non-Asian patients, the latter feeling that telephone advice could save them a trip to the surgery, or their general practitioner a home visit.
  • (18) The likes and dislikes of the target children were cross-tabulated with those of their mothers, fathers, and siblings, and phi-statistics were computed for the child-mother, child-father and child-sibling pairs as measures of similarity in food preferences.
  • (19) Although the House of Commons can occasionally veto a ministerial initiative it dislikes – witness the Syrian vote – it almost never does.
  • (20) "Even though I dislike intensely a lot of the habits of the nasty bits of Fleet Street, one should not by any means confine those [critcisms] just to the papers controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

Mind


Definition:

  • (v.) The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body.
  • (v.) The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a) Opinion; judgment; belief.
  • (v.) Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.
  • (v.) Courage; spirit.
  • (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.
  • (n.) To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.
  • (n.) To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.
  • (n.) To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.
  • (n.) To have in mind; to purpose.
  • (n.) To put in mind; to remind.
  • (v. i.) To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Psychiatry unlike philosophy (with its problem of solipsism) recognizes the existence of other minds from the nonverbal communication between doctor and patient.
  • (2) I forgave him because I know for a fact that he wasn't in his right mind," she said.
  • (3) Amid the acrimony of the failed debate on the Malaysia Agreement, something was missed or forgotten: many in the left had changed their mind.
  • (4) Knapman concluded that the 40-year-old designer, whose full name was Lee Alexander McQueen, "killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed".
  • (5) Mindful of their own health ahead of their mission, astronauts at the Russia-leased launchpad in Kazakhstan remain in strict isolation in the days ahead of any launch to avoid exposure to infection.
  • (6) Jeremy Corbyn could learn a lot from Ken Livingstone | Hugh Muir Read more High-minded commentators will say that self-respect – as well as Burke’s dictum that MPs are more than delegates – should be enough to make members under pressure assert their independence.
  • (7) How big tobacco lost its final fight for hearts, lungs and minds Read more Shares in Imperial closed down 1% and British American Tobacco lost 0.75%, both underperforming the FTSE100’s 0.3% decline.
  • (8) This is a rare diagnosis but it should still be kept in mind, particularly in the immigrant population of the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia and particularly of the Saudis from the southern provinces.
  • (9) The patients must be examined with these disorders in mind and when any drug related illness is found, it must be treated immediately.
  • (10) This may have been a pointed substitute programme, management perhaps imagining a future where electronic presenters will simply download their minds to MP3-players.
  • (11) This is welcome news but it needs to be borne in mind that the manufacturing sector is still far from racing ahead and serious doubts remain about the strength of demand for manufactured goods over the medium term, particularly once stimulative measures start being withdrawn.
  • (12) The result will be yet another humiliating hammering for Labour in a seat it could never win, but hey, never mind.
  • (13) As a member of the state Assembly, Walker voted for a bill known as the Woman’s Right to Know Act, which required physicians to provide women with full information prior to an abortion and established a 24-hour waiting period in the hope that some women might change their mind about undergoing the procedure.
  • (14) The glory lay in the defiance, although the outcome of the tie scarcely looks promising for Arsenal when the return at Camp Nou next Tuesday is borne in mind.
  • (15) Fred Goodwin was an accountant and no one ever accused the former chief executive of RBS of consuming mind-alterating substances – unless you count over-inhaling his own ego.
  • (16) While mindful of the potential difficulties which attend its introduction into the treatment situation there is an attempt to balance this position through a consideration of the appropriate conditions and modes of operation under which a humor-enriched approach may be efficacious.
  • (17) While circulating the quarries is illegal – you risk a fine of up to €60 – neither the IGC nor the police seem to mind the veteran cataphiles who possess a good knowledge of the underground space, and who respect their heritage.
  • (18) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
  • (19) Marie Johansson, clinical lead at Oxford University's mindfulness centre , stressed the need for proper training of at least a year until health professionals can teach meditation, partly because on rare occasions it can throw up "extremely distressing experiences".
  • (20) That's so far from how my mind works that I find it puzzling.