# Words one can get confused

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**Created:** [September 18, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-one-can-get-confused/971772 "2022-09-18T20:10:31Z")\
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Since it’s been brought up, to recap:

[loath](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loath) - adjective  
**:** unwilling to do something contrary to one’s ways of thinking **:** [reluctant](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reluctant)

[loathe](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathe) - transitive verb  
**:** to dislike greatly and often with [disgust](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disgust#h1) or intolerance **:** [detest](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detest)

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