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Benign vs Intrepid - What's the difference?

benign | intrepid |

As adjectives the difference between benign and intrepid

is that benign is kind; gentle; mild while intrepid is fearless; bold; brave.

benign

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * malign * malignant

    Derived terms

    * benignly * benignant * benignity * benign neglect * benign tumor

    intrepid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fearless; bold; brave.
  • :* 2000 — Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
  • :*: Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.

    • Derived terms

    * intrepidity * intrepidness * intrepidly

    Related terms

    * trepidation

    See also

    * fearless * unafraid * courageous