Benign vs Benevolent - What's the difference?
benign | benevolent |
Kind; gentle; mild.
* (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
* not harmful to the environment: [in combination] an ozone-benign refrigerant.
(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
Having a disposition to do good.
Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
generous.
As adjectives the difference between benign and benevolent
is that benign is kind; gentle; mild while benevolent is having a disposition to do good.benign
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(en-adj)Antonyms
* malign * malignantDerived terms
* benignly * benignant * benignity * benign neglect * benign tumorbenevolent
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(en adjective)- Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent .