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Benighted vs Disadvantaged - What's the difference?

benighted | disadvantaged |

As adjectives the difference between benighted and disadvantaged

is that benighted is plunged into darkness while disadvantaged is lacking an advantage relative to another.

As verbs the difference between benighted and disadvantaged

is that benighted is (label)(benight) while disadvantaged is (disadvantage).

benighted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • plunged into darkness
  • overtaken by night
  • * 1936 , Robert Frost, "Desert Places"
    • And lonely as it is, that loneliness
    Will be more lonely ere it will be less —
    A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
    With no expression, nothing to express.
  • lacking knowledge or education; unenlightened

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (label)(benight)

    • Anagrams

    *

    disadvantaged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disadvantage)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking an advantage relative to another.
  • Poor; in financial difficulties.