Benign vs Mercy - What's the difference?
benign | mercy |
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.
(uncountable) relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another
(uncountable) forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
(uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion
(countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
A blessing, something to be thankful for.
(phrasal) Subjugation, power.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}