Difference between Hostile and Inimical

HOSTILE vs INIMICAL: NOUN

An enemy in warfare.
An antagonistic person or thing.
An enemy: specifically, in the United States, a hostile Indian; an Indian who is engaged in warfare against the whites.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
An enemy.
Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

Very unfavorable to life or growth
Impossible to bring into friendly accord
Used of attempts to buy or take control of a business
Marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development
Very unfriendly
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy.
Feeling or showing enmity or ill will.
Being in opposition; opposed.
Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse.
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
Characterized by enmity or ill will

Not friendly
Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse.
Unfriendly; hostile.
Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.
Harmful in effect.

Synonyms Averse, Adverse, Inimical, Hostile; unfriendly, warlike. Averse applies to feeling, adverse to action: as, I was very averse to his going; an adverse vote; adverse fortune. Inimical expresses both feeling and action, generally in private affairs. Hostile also expresses both feeling and action, but applies especially to public affairs; where it applies to private matters, it expresses either strong or conspicuous action or feeling, or both, or all.
Of inimical character or tendency; having or exhibiting enmity or antagonism; antagonistic: as, a hostile manifesto; hostile criticism.
Of or pertaining to an enemy: as, hostile ground.

Synonyms Averse, Adverse, etc. (see hostile), unfriendly, antagonistic, opposed, hurtful.
Adverse; hurtful; repugnant.
Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; hostile: chiefly applied to private enmity.

Ill, Bitter, Irreconcilable, Opposing, Truculent, Unfavorable, Inimical, Antipathetic, Enemy, Aggressive, Uncongenial, Inhospitable, Belligerent, Antagonistic, Unfriendly

Adverse, Inconsistent, Damaging, Noxious, Disadvantageous, Contrary, Harmful, Antagonistic, Incompatible, Prejudicial, Deleterious, Injurious, Detrimental, Hostile, Unfriendly

Ill, Bitter, Irreconcilable, Opposing, Truculent, Unfavorable, Inimical, Antipathetic, Enemy, Aggressive, Uncongenial, Inhospitable, Belligerent, Antagonistic, Unfriendly

Adverse, Inconsistent, Damaging, Noxious, Disadvantageous, Contrary, Harmful, Antagonistic, Incompatible, Prejudicial, Deleterious, Injurious, Detrimental, Hostile, Unfriendly

And, if it is found that a hostile work environment exists, you must take appropriate action to ensure that the hostile work environment ceases.
Eritrea has become hostile in her foreign relations too, considering her neighbours to be hostile to struggle.
The Nether: This is a relatively hostile dimension in which Lava and both neutral and hostile Mobs are everywhere.
Hostile, impulsive children tend to be poor perspective takers and often interpret other children as having a hostile intent.
Hostile Environment sexual harassment in which such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
An attack to disable or destroy a hostile force is Immediate Pursuit of Hostile Foreign Forces.
Russian moves in sharing weapons and technologies with hostile or potentially hostile countries, like Iran.
Common definitions for Defense of Self or Others, Imminent Threat, Hostile Act, Hostile Intent.
Segregate hostile elements such as religious, political, or ethnic groups hostile to one another.
Once a force is declared hostile by appropriatact or demonstrated hostile intent before engaging the declared hostile force.

Both the said accused were inimical towards complainant Puran Chand.
Christians, sunounded by inimical barbarians, flmat interest every English Teader.
Repeatedly inimical users, please keep an hour and more.
Congress such letters as contain inimical schemes or intelligence.
It is inimical to the doctrine of universal brotherhood.
Inimical is closely related to the word enemy.
There are inimical factors in the scene itself.
The world was corrupt and inimical to God.
Wallace however, is inimical to the broad jurisdiction held by circuit courts and equally inimical to judicialefficiency.
This raises serious questions pertaining to the evidentiary value of inimical witnesses and in particular inimical eyewitnesses.