Beneficial vs Beneficiary - What's the difference?
beneficial | beneficiary |
Helpful or good to something or someone.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= One who benefits or receives an advantage.
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, date=September 7
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, title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova
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(legal) One who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate.
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
* Francis Bacon
Bestowed as a gratuity.
As adjectives the difference between beneficial and beneficiary
is that beneficial is helpful or good to something or someone while beneficiary is holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.As a noun beneficiary is
one who benefits or receives an advantage.beneficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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
*Antonyms
* detrimental * harmful * unfavourableDerived terms
* beneficial ownerbeneficiary
English
Noun
(beneficiaries)- You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.
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Adjective
(-)- a feudatory or beneficiary king of England
- beneficiary gifts