Desirable vs Beneficial - What's the difference?
desirable | beneficial | Synonyms |
Suitable]], worthy to be [[desire#Verb, desired.
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A thing that people want; something that is desirable.
Helpful or good to something or someone.
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As adjectives the difference between desirable and beneficial
is that desirable is suitable, worthy to be desired while beneficial is helpful or good to something or someone.As a noun desirable
is a thing that people want; something that is desirable.desirable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
Antonyms
* undesirableNoun
(en noun)- There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.
beneficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial . It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}