List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 223

SYNONYMS: like, love, enjoy, relish, fancy, dote.
These verbs mean to be attracted to or to find agreeable.

Like, the least forceful, suggests mere interest, approval, or favor: I may like him well enough; but you don't love your servants.
Love. implies a strong attachment or intense affection and deep involvement on an emotional level: All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them
Enjoy is applied to what gives personal satisfaction or pleasure: There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it.
Relish applies to what moves one to keen or zestful appreciation: Every great and original writer . . . must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.
One fancies what appeals to one's taste, inclination, imagination, or notion of what a person or thing should be: She fancies elegant clothes and jewelry.
Dote implies foolish, extravagant attachment: He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.