Interest and Like

Interest

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Like and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead a noun "Interest".

Like noun - Positive regard for something.

Usage example: she thought her new boyfriend was unusually interested in her likes and dislikes

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Interest and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

human	human interest	human like
old	old interest	old like
good	good interest	good like
special	special interest	special like
Other adjectives: actual, real, serious, little, sexual, personal, new, less, official, different, recurring, scientific.

girl	interest girl	like girl
man	interest man	like man
people	interest people	like people
idea	interest idea	like idea
Other words: job, men, someone, sort, father, anyone, whom.

There is a The Dark Eye fanfic in which the protagonist's love interest doesn't like ham.

Source: Does Not Like Spam
It feels like she's only there because everyone knows The Hero has to have a love interest.

Source: Designated Love Interest
He tears up the check, acts like a real Jerk Ass to everyone, including the love interest, resulting in the love interest seducing him one night and stabbing him.

Source: Downer Ending / Music

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