Benign vs Condescending - What's the difference?
benign | condescending | Related terms |
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.
Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
Benign is a related term of condescending.
As adjectives the difference between benign and condescending
is that benign is kind; gentle; mild while condescending is assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.As a verb condescending is
.benign
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Adjective
(en-adj)Antonyms
* malign * malignantDerived terms
* benignly * benignant * benignity * benign neglect * benign tumorcondescending
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Quit talking to me in that condescending tone! You always treat me like a child – ugh!