Benevolent vs Elite - What's the difference?
benevolent | elite |
Having a disposition to do good.
Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
generous.
Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
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Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
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As an adjective benevolent
is having a disposition to do good.As a noun elite is
elite.benevolent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent .
Antonyms
* malevolentSee also
* benevolence * benevolently * benevolentnesselite
English
(wikipedia elite)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage="Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite . In one tweet, Mujtahidd directly challenged Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd about his political history: "Did you resign or were you forced to resign from your post as head of the diwan [office] of the council of ministers?"}}
France's Culture Corps," Time , 7 Aug.,
- Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?
