Harry never loathes Draco the way he does Snape but I think his reactions to him are still OTT to what he actually is

Oh, yes, absolutely! There just seems to be something different going on.

I think he fears being perceived to be like Draco, that Draco is what he feels he shouldn't or oughtn't be like, but that being like Snape is more an internally directed fear, something he, but maybe not the rest of the world, sees in himself, something he might be, and wants to supress.

- Clara