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Baneful vs Noxious - What's the difference?

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Baneful is a related term of noxious.


As adjectives the difference between baneful and noxious

is that baneful is exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin while noxious is harmful; injurious.

baneful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin.
  • Deadly or sinister.
  • Portending disaster.
  • (archaic) Poisonous.

    • Related terms

    * bane * banefully * banefulness

    Synonyms

    * fatal * mortal

    Antonyms

    * helpful * productive

    noxious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harmful; injurious.
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    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

    Synonyms

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