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Beneficial vs Contribution - What's the difference?

beneficial | contribution |

As an adjective beneficial

is helpful or good to something or someone.

As a noun contribution is

something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.

beneficial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Helpful or good to something or someone.
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    • , 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

    *

    Antonyms

    * detrimental * harmful * unfavourable

    Derived terms

    * beneficial owner

    contribution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
  • An amount of money given toward something.
  • The act of contributing.