Thursday, March 27, 2014

meaning - Is there a difference between "dislike" and "don't like"?

A friend of mine for whom English is a second language told me that I am the only person he knows who uses the word "dislike", and asked me what the difference was from saying that I "don't like" something. I answered that they were the same, but that "dislike" might be more formal... but it occurred to me that I was not totally confident with this answer.



Is there a difference between "I dislike that" and "I don't like that" besides the former being more formal?

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