From mother tongue, we move to the art of making words. Languages have different methods of making words. Before we proceed further let's refer to those methods opted in making words.
Like Unlike
These two words remind me of my confusion of their frequent usage as icons on Facebook. When I opened my FB account way back in 2008, this like vs unlike used to poke my mind. How can the word Like be used as an antonym for Unlike. Actually its Like Vs don't like and Hate stands as an antonym for Love.
Some more food for thought!
Sometimes social network sites promote particular words with a meaning altogether not applicable to it at all. Here we have these two words LIKE and UNLIKE. The vocabulary on Facebook, we see these two words placed side by side.
Like - is taken for the equivalent of liking the pic or the status or the video.
Unlike - this word is considered that the reader did not like the post or the status or the pic or the video.
Coming to the observation of the meaning of these two words gives us how wrongly we use words with wrong applications.
According to the grammar rules Like is a verb.
eg: I like the film.
Liked is the past tense form.
But Facebook changed the grammatical verb into a noun. And we often hear this "Look! my pic has one hundred likes.
Or
My posts never get likes at all. I don't know why.
Or
How many likes you got?
Unknowingly we are influenced by the applicability of the word and started to use it as a known very comfortably.
Let's get back to the word's meaning once again.
It is used to mean to enjoy or approve of someone or something.
Usually we say
I like to hum melodies while driving.
You like her, don't you?
Now see the drastic change in the usage of the word.
Now let's look at 'Unlike'
This word's meaning is "different from" and comes under the category of Preposition.
Monica is a shy girl - unlike her younger sister!
The Tech fest went well, unlike the previous year when very few people came
Another meaning is 'similarity' in ways of behaviour or appearance.
eg: My sister looks like me.
Your brother is not like you. {similarity in appearance/ways of behaviou)
Unlike - Different from, not similar
Such is the power of the social networks. The social acceptance makes right to be used in a perfect way that is very much wrong. It's not a matter of right or wrong. Do you used it or Don't.
Like Unlike
These two words remind me of my confusion of their frequent usage as icons on Facebook. When I opened my FB account way back in 2008, this like vs unlike used to poke my mind. How can the word Like be used as an antonym for Unlike. Actually its Like Vs don't like and Hate stands as an antonym for Love.
Some more food for thought!
Sometimes social network sites promote particular words with a meaning altogether not applicable to it at all. Here we have these two words LIKE and UNLIKE. The vocabulary on Facebook, we see these two words placed side by side.
Like - is taken for the equivalent of liking the pic or the status or the video.
Unlike - this word is considered that the reader did not like the post or the status or the pic or the video.
Coming to the observation of the meaning of these two words gives us how wrongly we use words with wrong applications.
According to the grammar rules Like is a verb.
eg: I like the film.
Liked is the past tense form.
But Facebook changed the grammatical verb into a noun. And we often hear this "Look! my pic has one hundred likes.
Or
My posts never get likes at all. I don't know why.
Or
How many likes you got?
Unknowingly we are influenced by the applicability of the word and started to use it as a known very comfortably.
Let's get back to the word's meaning once again.
It is used to mean to enjoy or approve of someone or something.
Usually we say
I like to hum melodies while driving.
You like her, don't you?
Now see the drastic change in the usage of the word.
Now let's look at 'Unlike'
This word's meaning is "different from" and comes under the category of Preposition.
Monica is a shy girl - unlike her younger sister!
The Tech fest went well, unlike the previous year when very few people came
Another meaning is 'similarity' in ways of behaviour or appearance.
eg: My sister looks like me.
Your brother is not like you. {similarity in appearance/ways of behaviou)
Unlike - Different from, not similar
Such is the power of the social networks. The social acceptance makes right to be used in a perfect way that is very much wrong. It's not a matter of right or wrong. Do you used it or Don't.
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