Don Romano (alt)Isn't "hate" supposed the verb and "hatred" the noun? People seem to use "hate" as a noun all the time, especially in phrases like "hate crime". If I'm going to speculate, it would seem that "hate" was once exclusively a verb, but the usage has slipped.
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