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Adjuvant vs Benevolent - What's the difference?

adjuvant | benevolent |

As adjectives the difference between adjuvant and benevolent

is that adjuvant is helping; helpful; assisting. {{defdt|from 16th c.} while benevolent is having a disposition to do good.

As a noun adjuvant

is someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. {{defdt|from 16th c.}.

adjuvant

Adjective

(head)
  • Helping; helpful; assisting.
  • *2010 , (Siddhartha Mukherjee), The Emperor of all Maladies , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 219:
  • *:Adjuvant chemotherapy, Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper.
  • Synonyms

    * ancillary, complementary, contributory, extra, supporting

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.
  • (medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.
  • (pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
  • (immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
  • Synonyms

    * accessory, assistant, attendant, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary.

    benevolent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a disposition to do good.
  • Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent .
  • Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
  • altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
  • generous.
  • Antonyms

    * malevolent

    See also

    * benevolence * benevolently * benevolentness