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Beneficial vs Destructive - What's the difference?

beneficial | destructive |

As adjectives the difference between beneficial and destructive

is that beneficial is helpful or good to something or someone while destructive is causing destruction; damaging.

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

    destructive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing destruction; damaging.
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  • , year=2013 , date=February 14 , author=Scott Tobias , title=Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=After rescuing his estranged daughter in the last film, Live Free Or Die Hard, Willis heads to Russia to rescue his estranged son (Jai Courtney), a CIA agent on a mission to protect a whistleblower (Sebastian Koch) from a corrupt government official (Sergei Kolesnikov) with no shortage of destructive resources at his disposal.}}
  • Causing breakdown or disassembly.
  • Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.

    Synonyms

    * calamitous * catastrophic * devastating * disastrous * eradicative * harmful * pernicious * ruinous * wrackful * wreckful

    Antonyms

    * constructive * nondestructive * productive