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Advisable vs Beneficial - What's the difference?

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Advisable is a related term of beneficial.


As adjectives the difference between advisable and beneficial

is that advisable is (of a course of action) worthy of being recommended; desirable while beneficial is helpful or good to something or someone.

advisable

English

Alternative forms

* adviseable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
  • * 1813 , , Pride and Prejudice , ch. 19,
  • Perhaps it will be advisable for me to state my reasons for marrying.
  • (of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
  • Synonyms

    * (worthy of being recommended) prudent, wise * (capable of being advised) counselable

    beneficial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Helpful or good to something or someone.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial . It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * detrimental * harmful * unfavourable

    Derived terms

    * beneficial owner