Disdain VS despise

As verbs, disdain and despise are synonymous, but I believe I've never heard the former used as a verb. I hear it as a noun: he holds his enemies in/with much disdain.

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When are you going to ask the difference between "impel" and "propel" (impeller and propeller)? That's a good one.

PhilipAs verbs, disdain and despise are synonymous, but I believe I've never heard the former used as a verb. I hear it as a noun: he holds his enemies in/with much disdain.

Politicians are allowed to "misspeak," but I distinctly recall /wiki/Lowell

To me (at least), there is a difference.

I feel that to despise = to hate.

I feel that to have disdain for = to dislike.

For example, Tom does not despise people. He knows that no

one asked to be who s/he is. But he does have disdain for people.

He has observed how individuals and groups behave, and he has

A friend of mine (elderly) uses the expression "to hold a person in high/low exteem."

I personally have always taken "to disdain someone" as "to hold him in low esteem."

I feel that "liking" or "disliking" someone is quite a different thing, but I could be wrong.
I believe you can disdain someone without either liking or disliking him. You must know someone in order to disl

My dictionary uses "despise" and "disdain" to define each other, but neither entry mentions "hate," or "dislike."