Benign vs Democratic - What's the difference?
benign | democratic |
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.
Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
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(lb) Relating to a political party so called; usually, Democratic.
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Exhibiting social equality, egalitarian (see
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
As adjectives the difference between benign and democratic
is that benign is kind; gentle; mild while democratic is pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.benign
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(en-adj)Antonyms
* malign * malignantDerived terms
* benignly * benignant * benignity * benign neglect * benign tumordemocratic
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* democratick (archaic'': antedates spelling changes recommended and popularized by ''et al. )Adjective
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