This might be silly but I'm confused... What's your take on this?

Not liking a person isn't as strong as hating. Hating has a passion to it that just not liking something doesn't. I had a person that gave me a lot of grief years ago, but I didn't hate her, mostly I felt sorry for her. I did as my supervisor to stop her from doing negative things, she was making my life difficult. So, I can understand not hating a person you don't like, you just can't get that enthused about them. Don't waste your energies on hate. If you find someone that you just can't seem to like, for watever reason, just avoid them so you don't have to find out if you hate them.

Hate is a very strong emotion and you can dislike someone without hating them. You can also like a person but hate something they do. Hate is a very negative feeling which often hurts the hater more than the hated, dislike is not such a strong emotion.

If it's confusing for you, then it must be easy to make you hate someone. All it takes is anything that makes you dislike the person, then you will hate this person too. I'm sure now you understand the difference.

Personally, I feel that When you don't like a person, it doesn't automatically mean that you hate the person. Don't like and hate are 2 different emotions, just like you like a person but not love the person. There could be this chemistry element that you might not like the person because of his physical looks, habits, behaviour. When it comes to hating, the emotions are involved and likely you tend to hate a person only after you have been hurt. There is no reason to hate the person just because you don't like the look of him.

This is not an answer that can be answered with one simple question. Really it's an opinion of sorts. Some people believe "hate" is such a strong word that you would never hate anyone. I dislike a lot of people. But admittingly there are very few people that I hate. I think there is a huge difference between hating someone and disliking someone. To know the answer to your question... you have to decide what your feelings on hatred are for yourself.

I think hate is a very strong word and should only be used in extreme circumstances. There are a few people i dislike but i don't think i hate anyone. Hate takes too much effort!

I don't think it's the same! For me, if I don't like a person, I don't like him or her. But it takes a lot more for me to hate her. I can dislike his/ her personalities or some of the things he/ she does annoy me. It would take me a lot more to hate a person.