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Detriment vs Malefic - What's the difference?

detriment | malefic |

As a noun detriment

is harm, hurt, damage.

As an adjective malefic is

having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.

detriment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Harm, hurt, damage.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1872 , author=Fyodor Dostoyevsky , title=The Possessed , chapter=7 citation , passage=“But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment of the family honour.”}}
  • (UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in the form "to someone's detriment".

    Synonyms

    * harm * hurt * illfare * damage

    Antonyms

    * benefit

    Related terms

    * detrimental

    External links

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    malefic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful.
  • *1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 96:
  • *:I would have liked to know whether he thought this was due to the climate, the diet, or simply malefic djinns.