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love vs like

The phrases 'love' and 'like' are comparable in the context of expressing feelings towards someone or something. 'Love' is a stronger emotion than 'like' and is used to convey deep affection and attachment, while 'like' indicates a more moderate level of fondness or enjoyment.

Last updated: March 20, 2024 • 949 views

love

This is a common and correct word used to express deep affection and attachment towards someone or something.

Use 'love' to express strong feelings of affection, care, and attachment towards a person, animal, or thing. It is a powerful and emotional word that signifies a deep connection.

Examples:

I love my family more than anything in the world.
She loves spending time in nature.
They love their new puppy like a member of the family.
He loves the way she smiles at him.
We love the beautiful sunset over the ocean.

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Nothing but love, love, love.
Always much love, love, love.
Romantic love, plutonic love, filial love.
There's passionate love and companion love.
Bad love letters beg for love back.
Our love dawns, our love glows.
The manifestation of this state is love, all-enveloping love.
Knowing that love hurts, love kills...
To know what is love, love someone and not just yourself 294.
You love the progress, love changes.
The sensitive love becomes love to light, knowledge and illumination.
Unconditional love multiplies the opportunities to receive love.
Only Renunciation transforms natural love into supernatural love.
All these types of love together make the real love.
Finite love is powerless; infinite love all powerful.
Physical love becomes love for the transcendental and vice versa.
Who is possessed by love, is always ruled by love, lives in love, acts for love and lets his life be consumed by love.
Sadness is love, hate is love, pain is also love.
Doesn't love love, but possession.
I love, love, love Sycamore.

Alternatives:

adore
cherish
care deeply for
have a deep affection for
feel a strong attachment to

like

This is a common and correct word used to express a moderate level of fondness or enjoyment towards someone or something.

Use 'like' to express a positive feeling of enjoyment, preference, or fondness towards a person, thing, or activity. It indicates a level of interest or satisfaction that is less intense than 'love'.

Examples:

I like the new restaurant in town.
She likes to read books in her free time.
They like spending time together.
He likes the color blue.
We like the idea of going on a road trip.

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People like you are people like - like him.
Home to philosophers like Giambattista Vico, composers like Scarlatti and actors like Totò.
Guys like us are just like beautiful girls.
Girls like us never go for guys like you.
They have their problems, like... like everyone.
People like you should be stomped out like bugs.
Just like the rich folks like your parents made Gotham.
These cookies are shaped like things humans like.
We instinctively like people like ourselves.
So, like, many times, like, can like, you say "like" like in like, 30...
Girls like you never like guys like me.
Girls like you never like guys like me.
I like my licorice like I like my women.
They like shiny things like scandal, like astronauts maybe dying because they took Braeband's flagship drug.
I like my licorice like I like my women.
More like looks like Krakow and treats you like Catalano.
Weird, like... like... like... like a picture of a picture.
These people like me and I like them.
You know, I actually like weird girls like yourself.
Looks like a small bulb used to indicate something unusual, like a malfunction.

Alternatives:

enjoy
have a preference for
find appealing
take pleasure in
have a liking for

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