Blight vs Harm - What's the difference?

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Blight is a synonym of harm.

As a noun blight

is any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts.

As a verb blight

is to affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.

As a proper noun harm is

, low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

blight

English

Noun

(wikipedia blight)

any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts

the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition

(by extension) anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life

Derived terms

* alder blight * American blight * aphis-blight * apple blight * bean blight * beet blight * blight bird * blight canker * blight in the eye * blight-beetle * blighted * blighty * blister blight * cane blight * celery blight * chestnut blight * coffee blight * collar blight * early blight * fire blight, fireblight * frictional blight * functional blight * fusarium ear blight, fusarium head blight * green blight * halo blight * head blight * kernel blight * late blight * leaf blight * moth blight * needle blight * northern corn-leaf blight, northern leaf blight * oak blight * peach blight * pear blight * pine blight * planning blight * potato blight * rim blight * sandy blight * seedling blight * southern blight * Sphaeropsis blight * spinach blight * spur blight * stamen blight * stem blight * stripe blight * thread blight * tomato blight * twig blight * urban blight * walnut blight

Verb

(en verb)

To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.

* Woodward

[This vapour] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.

To suffer blight.

This vine never blights .

to spoil or ruin (something)

Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.

* Byron

seared in heart and lone and blighted

Derived terms

* blighter * blighting * blightingly

References

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}

That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

* (William Shakespeare)

We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

Verb

(en verb)

To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Derived terms

* do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

Anagrams

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