Benevolent vs Bountiful - What's the difference?
benevolent | bountiful | Synonyms |
Having a disposition to do good.
Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
generous.
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
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As adjectives the difference between benevolent and bountiful
is that benevolent is having a disposition to do good while bountiful is having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.benevolent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent .
Antonyms
* malevolentSee also
* benevolence * benevolently * benevolentnessbountiful
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Alternative forms
* bountifull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.}}